Palasa Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Palasa is a medium size village located in Jagatsinghapur Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 384 families residing. The Palasa village has population of 1623 of which 840 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 9.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasa village is 932 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasa as per census is 881, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palasa village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasa village was 84.85 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasa Male literacy stands at 93.39 % while female literacy rate was 75.74 %.

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	384	-	-
Population	1,623	840	783
Child (0-6)	158	84	74
Schedule Caste	614	318	296
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.85 %	93.39 %	75.74 %
Total Workers	606	476	130
Main Worker	313	-	-
Marginal Worker	293	209	84

Caste Factor

In Palasa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.83 % 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, 606 were engaged in work activities. 51.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 606 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 125 were Agricultural labourer.