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Palikateni Population - Dhenkanal, Orissa

Palikateni is a medium size village located in Kamakshyanagar Block of Dhenkanal district, Orissa with total 120 families residing. The Palikateni village has population of 554 of which 232 are males while 322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palikateni village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palikateni village is 1388 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palikateni as per census is 912, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palikateni village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palikateni village was 88.14 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palikateni Male literacy stands at 94.44 % while female literacy rate was 83.85 %.

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

Palikateni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 554 232 322
Child (0-6) 65 34 31
Schedule Caste 31 10 21
Schedule Tribe 342 120 222
Literacy 88.14 % 94.44 % 83.85 %
Total Workers 140 132 8
Main Worker 12 - -
Marginal Worker 128 125 3

Caste Factor

In Palikateni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.60 % of total population in Palikateni village.

Work Profile

In Palikateni village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 8.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.