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Palasa Population - Cuttack, Orissa

Palasa is a medium size village located in Niali Block of Cuttack district, Orissa with total 140 families residing. The Palasa village has population of 598 of which 292 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 11.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasa village is 1048 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasa as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palasa village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasa village was 75.56 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasa Male literacy stands at 83.40 % while female literacy rate was 68.13 %.

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 140 - -
Population 598 292 306
Child (0-6) 66 33 33
Schedule Caste 15 8 7
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 75.56 % 83.40 % 68.13 %
Total Workers 168 160 8
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 61 60 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.17 % of total population in Palasa village.

Work Profile

In Palasa village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 63.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.