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Palkhan Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Palkhan is a medium size village located in Hatpiplya Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 322 families residing. The Palkhan village has population of 1491 of which 784 are males while 707 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palkhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 15.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palkhan village is 902 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Palkhan as per census is 948, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Palkhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palkhan village was 66.48 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Palkhan Male literacy stands at 79.94 % while female literacy rate was 51.42 %.

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

Palkhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,491 784 707
Child (0-6) 226 116 110
Schedule Caste 835 441 394
Schedule Tribe 8 5 3
Literacy 66.48 % 79.94 % 51.42 %
Total Workers 795 443 352
Main Worker 364 - -
Marginal Worker 431 92 339

Caste Factor

In Palkhan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.54 % of total population in Palkhan village.

Work Profile

In Palkhan village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 45.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 304 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.