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Palligumula Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Palligumula is a medium size village located in GOPALPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 172 families residing. The Palligumula village has population of 855 of which 428 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palligumula village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 9.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palligumula village is 998 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palligumula as per census is 729, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palligumula village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palligumula village was 77.98 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palligumula Male literacy stands at 88.68 % while female literacy rate was 67.60 %.

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

Palligumula Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 855 428 427
Child (0-6) 83 48 35
Schedule Caste 141 67 74
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.98 % 88.68 % 67.60 %
Total Workers 377 243 134
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 114 48 66

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.49 % of total population in Palligumula village. The village Palligumula currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palligumula village out of total population, 377 were engaged in work activities. 69.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 377 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.