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Palam Population - Kandhamal, Orissa

Palam is a small village located in Tumudibandha Block of Kandhamal district, Orissa with total 25 families residing. The Palam village has population of 120 of which 55 are males while 65 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palam village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 18.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palam village is 1182 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Palam as per census is 833, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Palam village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Palam village was 1.02 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Palam Male literacy stands at 2.33 % while female literacy rate was 0.00 %.

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

Palam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 120 55 65
Child (0-6) 22 12 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 120 55 65
Literacy 1.02 % 2.33 % 0.00 %
Total Workers 65 28 37
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 25 4 21

Caste Factor

In Palam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Palam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palam village of Kandhamal.

Work Profile

In Palam village out of total population, 65 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 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.