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Palapur Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Palapur is a medium size village located in R.Udaygiri Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 125 families residing. The Palapur village has population of 603 of which 294 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 18.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palapur village is 1051 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palapur as per census is 1313, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Palapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palapur village was 42.48 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palapur Male literacy stands at 56.50 % while female literacy rate was 28.46 %.

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

Palapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 603 294 309
Child (0-6) 111 48 63
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 601 293 308
Literacy 42.48 % 56.50 % 28.46 %
Total Workers 326 158 168
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 196 42 154

Caste Factor

In Palapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.67 % of total population in Palapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palapur village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Palapur village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 39.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 128 were Agricultural labourer.