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Palka Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Palka is a medium size village located in Udaypur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 363 families residing. The Palka village has population of 1750 of which 885 are males while 865 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palka village population of children with age 0-6 is 295 which makes up 16.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palka village is 977 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palka as per census is 1077, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palka village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palka village was 46.87 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palka Male literacy stands at 56.39 % while female literacy rate was 36.94 %.

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

Palka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 363 - -
Population 1,750 885 865
Child (0-6) 295 142 153
Schedule Caste 19 8 11
Schedule Tribe 819 416 403
Literacy 46.87 % 56.39 % 36.94 %
Total Workers 1,002 514 488
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 816 381 435

Caste Factor

In Palka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.80 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.09 % of total population in Palka village.

Work Profile

In Palka village out of total population, 1002 were engaged in work activities. 18.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1002 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.