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Palkiri Population - Bhadrak, Orissa

Palkiri is a medium size village located in Dhamanagar Block of Bhadrak district, Orissa with total 358 families residing. The Palkiri village has population of 1539 of which 787 are males while 752 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palkiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 12.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palkiri village is 956 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palkiri as per census is 821, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palkiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palkiri village was 79.57 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palkiri Male literacy stands at 87.08 % while female literacy rate was 71.88 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Palkiri 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 Palkiri village.

Palkiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 358 - -
Population 1,539 787 752
Child (0-6) 193 106 87
Schedule Caste 466 231 235
Schedule Tribe 51 25 26
Literacy 79.57 % 87.08 % 71.88 %
Total Workers 447 413 34
Main Worker 423 - -
Marginal Worker 24 10 14

Caste Factor

Palkiri village of Bhadrak has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.28 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.31 % of total population in Palkiri village.

Work Profile

In Palkiri village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 94.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 296 were Agricultural labourer.