Palaspur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Palaspur is a medium size village located in PATAPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 388 families residing. The Palaspur village has population of 1855 of which 881 are males while 974 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaspur village population of children with age 0-6 is 259 which makes up 13.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaspur village is 1106 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaspur as per census is 947, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palaspur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaspur village was 58.33 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palaspur Male literacy stands at 68.32 % while female literacy rate was 49.53 %.

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

Palaspur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	388	-	-
Population	1,855	881	974
Child (0-6)	259	133	126
Schedule Caste	674	323	351
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.33 %	68.32 %	49.53 %
Total Workers	970	512	458
Main Worker	473	-	-
Marginal Worker	497	110	387

Caste Factor

In Palaspur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.33 % of total population in Palaspur village. The village Palaspur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palaspur village out of total population, 970 were engaged in work activities. 48.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 970 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.