JPSC · District of Jharkhand

Palamu: 19.4 lakh people, one story

People
19,39,869
Area
4,393 km²
Literacy
63.63%
Sex ratio
928
Top 3 in JharkhandScheduled Castes: 27.7 % of people. Rank 2 of 24 districts.See the numbers →Big number19.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 442 to every km².See the numbers →

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PalamuJharkhand

The history, places and schemes of Palamu are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Palamu in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population19.4 lakh#6/24 in Jharkhand
Area4,393 km²#5/24 in Jharkhand
Population density442 per km²#12/24 in Jharkhand▲ state 414
Sex ratio928 females per 1000 males#20/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 948
Child sex ratio (0–6)945 girls per 1000 boys#16/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 948
Literacy rate63.63%#15/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 66.41
Female literacy52.09%#14/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 55.42
Urban population11.7%#13/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 24.0

People & society

63.6% can read. 928 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
74.376.8
Female literacy
52.155.4
Scheduled Castes
27.712.1
Scheduled Tribes
9.326.2
Living in towns
11.724.0

Gender literacy gap: 22.2 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 86.8%
  • Muslim 12.3%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.6%

    Sectors at a glance

    72 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.1 lakh workers, 36.8% of all people

    This district
    Jharkhand
    • Cultivators 18.7%
    • Farm labourers 53.4%
    • Household industry 2.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 25.1%

      Schemes & development

      Only 17% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      16.736.3
      Latrine at home
      11.417.5
      Tap water
      4.210.2
      LPG / PNG
      4.29.2
      Phone
      41.138.1
      Television
      12.521.3
      Bicycle
      39.046.7
      Two-wheeler
      7.212.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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