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Palaj Population - Anand, Gujarat

Palaj is a large village located in Petlad Taluka of Anand district, Gujarat with total 2112 families residing. The Palaj village has population of 9781 of which 5131 are males while 4650 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 1254 which makes up 12.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaj village is 906 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaj as per census is 850, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Palaj village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaj village was 85.02 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Palaj Male literacy stands at 94.14 % while female literacy rate was 75.06 %.

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

Palaj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,112 - -
Population 9,781 5,131 4,650
Child (0-6) 1,254 678 576
Schedule Caste 168 88 80
Schedule Tribe 7 4 3
Literacy 85.02 % 94.14 % 75.06 %
Total Workers 3,916 3,080 836
Main Worker 3,442 - -
Marginal Worker 474 73 401

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.72 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Palaj village.

Work Profile

In Palaj village out of total population, 3916 were engaged in work activities. 87.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3916 workers engaged in Main Work, 738 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1671 were Agricultural labourer.