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Palanar Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Palanar is a medium size village located in Bastanar Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 192 families residing. The Palanar village has population of 934 of which 464 are males while 470 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palanar village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 17.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palanar village is 1013 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palanar as per census is 1230, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palanar village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palanar village was 21.46 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palanar Male literacy stands at 32.56 % while female literacy rate was 10.03 %.

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

Palanar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 934 464 470
Child (0-6) 165 74 91
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 861 421 440
Literacy 21.46 % 32.56 % 10.03 %
Total Workers 338 232 106
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 274 181 93

Caste Factor

In Palanar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.18 % of total population in Palanar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palanar village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Palanar village out of total population, 338 were engaged in work activities. 18.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 338 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.