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Palkana Population - East Nimar, Madhya Pradesh

Palkana is a medium size village located in Khandwa Tehsil of East Nimar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 311 families residing. The Palkana village has population of 1502 of which 796 are males while 706 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palkana village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 11.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palkana village is 887 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Palkana as per census is 934, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Palkana village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Palkana village was 79.56 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Palkana Male literacy stands at 89.93 % while female literacy rate was 67.79 %.

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

Palkana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,502 796 706
Child (0-6) 176 91 85
Schedule Caste 123 64 59
Schedule Tribe 167 79 88
Literacy 79.56 % 89.93 % 67.79 %
Total Workers 589 480 109
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 406 312 94

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.12 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.19 % of total population in Palkana village.

Work Profile

In Palkana village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 31.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.