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Palakana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Palakana is a medium size village located in Nikirai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 331 families residing. The Palakana village has population of 1468 of which 720 are males while 748 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palakana village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 11.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palakana village is 1039 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palakana as per census is 1211, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palakana village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palakana village was 71.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palakana Male literacy stands at 79.35 % while female literacy rate was 63.11 %.

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

Palakana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 331 - -
Population 1,468 720 748
Child (0-6) 168 76 92
Schedule Caste 927 454 473
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.15 % 79.35 % 63.11 %
Total Workers 456 435 21
Main Worker 284 - -
Marginal Worker 172 167 5

Caste Factor

In Palakana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.15 % of total population in Palakana village. The village Palakana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palakana village out of total population, 456 were engaged in work activities. 62.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 456 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 211 were Agricultural labourer.