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Palar Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Palar is a medium size village located in Dharmasala Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 140 families residing. The Palar village has population of 668 of which 336 are males while 332 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palar village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 7.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palar village is 988 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palar as per census is 600, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palar village was 81.61 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palar Male literacy stands at 90.52 % while female literacy rate was 72.93 %.

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

Palar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 668 336 332
Child (0-6) 48 30 18
Schedule Caste 138 70 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.61 % 90.52 % 72.93 %
Total Workers 194 184 10
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.66 % of total population in Palar village. The village Palar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palar village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 98.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.