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Palasa Population - Bhadrak, Orissa

Palasa is a medium size village located in Dhamanagar Block of Bhadrak district, Orissa with total 82 families residing. The Palasa village has population of 439 of which 208 are males while 231 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 12.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasa village is 1111 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasa as per census is 964, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palasa village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasa village was 86.72 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasa Male literacy stands at 90.56 % while female literacy rate was 83.33 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palasa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Palasa village.

Palasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 439 208 231
Child (0-6) 55 28 27
Schedule Caste 125 63 62
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.72 % 90.56 % 83.33 %
Total Workers 125 107 18
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 39 25 14

Caste Factor

Palasa village of Bhadrak has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.47 % of total population in Palasa village. The village Palasa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palasa village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 68.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.