Palwa Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Palwa is a medium size village located in Tokapal Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 422 families residing. The Palwa village has population of 1700 of which 852 are males while 848 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 15.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palwa village is 995 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Palwa as per census is 845, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Palwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palwa village was 48.47 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Palwa Male literacy stands at 61.27 % while female literacy rate was 35.99 %.

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

Palwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	422	-	-
Population	1,700	852	848
Child (0-6)	262	142	120
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	855	436	419
Literacy	48.47 %	61.27 %	35.99 %
Total Workers	669	469	200
Main Worker	353	-	-
Marginal Worker	316	138	178

Caste Factor

In Palwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.29 % of total population in Palwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palwa village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Palwa village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 52.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.