Palha Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Palha is a medium size village located in Jaisinghnagar Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 55 families residing. The Palha village has population of 260 of which 140 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palha village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 21.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palha village is 857 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Palha as per census is 719, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Palha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palha village was 56.59 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Palha Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 45.36 %.

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

Palha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	260	140	120
Child (0-6)	55	32	23
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	204	110	94
Literacy	56.59 %	66.67 %	45.36 %
Total Workers	77	74	3
Main Worker	7	-	-
Marginal Worker	70	68	2

Caste Factor

In Palha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.46 % of total population in Palha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palha village of Shahdol.

Work Profile

In Palha village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 9.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.