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Palikanta Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Palikanta is a medium size village located in Ersama Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 157 families residing. The Palikanta village has population of 601 of which 308 are males while 293 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palikanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 8.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palikanta village is 951 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palikanta as per census is 767, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palikanta village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palikanta village was 82.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palikanta Male literacy stands at 85.97 % while female literacy rate was 79.63 %.

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

Palikanta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 601 308 293
Child (0-6) 53 30 23
Schedule Caste 113 56 57
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.85 % 85.97 % 79.63 %
Total Workers 358 180 178
Main Worker 251 - -
Marginal Worker 107 25 82

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.80 % of total population in Palikanta village. The village Palikanta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palikanta village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 70.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.