Palasi Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Palasi is a medium size village located in HINJILI Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 324 families residing. The Palasi village has population of 1448 of which 682 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 11.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palasi village is 1123 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palasi as per census is 988, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palasi village was 66.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palasi Male literacy stands at 78.19 % while female literacy rate was 57.12 %.

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

Palasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	324	-	-
Population	1,448	682	766
Child (0-6)	171	86	85
Schedule Caste	390	182	208
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	66.95 %	78.19 %	57.12 %
Total Workers	572	394	178
Main Worker	352	-	-
Marginal Worker	220	74	146

Caste Factor

Palasi village of Ganjam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.93 % of total population in Palasi village. The village Palasi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palasi village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 61.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.