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Paliama Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Paliama is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 323 families residing. The Paliama village has population of 1437 of which 651 are males while 786 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paliama village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 11.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paliama village is 1207 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Paliama as per census is 1051, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Paliama village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Paliama village was 70.90 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Paliama Male literacy stands at 86.54 % while female literacy rate was 58.18 %.

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

Paliama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 323 - -
Population 1,437 651 786
Child (0-6) 162 79 83
Schedule Caste 69 33 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.90 % 86.54 % 58.18 %
Total Workers 699 384 315
Main Worker 478 - -
Marginal Worker 221 61 160

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.80 % of total population in Paliama village. The village Paliama currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paliama village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 68.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 373 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.