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Palur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Palur is a medium size village located in GOLANTHARA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 286 families residing. The Palur village has population of 1538 of which 668 are males while 870 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palur village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palur village is 1302 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palur as per census is 1202, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palur village was 47.63 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palur Male literacy stands at 60.10 % while female literacy rate was 38.18 %.

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

Palur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,538 668 870
Child (0-6) 207 94 113
Schedule Caste 49 21 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.63 % 60.10 % 38.18 %
Total Workers 625 400 225
Main Worker 286 - -
Marginal Worker 339 175 164

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.19 % of total population in Palur village. The village Palur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palur village out of total population, 625 were engaged in work activities. 45.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 625 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.