Literate10,24,563Palamu
Literate males6,21,706
Literate females4,02,857
Illiterate9,15,306
Literacy %52.8%
Population19,39,869
Literacy
Literate10,24,563
Literate males6,21,706
Literate females4,02,857
Literacy %52.8%
Illiterate9,15,306
Illiterate males3,84,596
Illiterate females5,30,710
Population Overview
Total population19,39,869
Males10,06,302
Females9,33,567
Sex ratio928per 1,000 males
Households3,58,754
Children (0–6 years)
Children 0–63,29,728
Boys 0–61,69,543
Girls 0–61,60,185
Child %17%
SC / ST
SC population5,36,382
SC males2,77,119
SC females2,59,263
SC %27.7%
ST population1,81,208
ST males92,577
ST females88,631
ST %9.3%
Workers — Total
Total workers7,13,175
Worker males4,73,042
Worker females2,40,133
Work participation %36.8%
Non-workers12,26,694
Non-worker males5,33,260
Non-worker females6,93,434
Workers — Main
Main workers2,83,702
Main males2,25,344
Main females58,358
Cultivators68,895
Cultivator males55,028
Cultivator females13,867
Agri labourers95,734
Agri labourer males69,692
Agri labourer females26,042
Household industry7,062
HH industry males5,085
HH industry females1,977
Other workers1,12,011
Other males95,539
Other females16,472
Workers — Marginal
Marginal workers4,29,473
Marginal males2,47,698
Marginal females1,81,775
Marg. cultivators64,690
Marg. agri labourers2,85,242
Marg. HH industry12,849
Marg. other66,692
Workers — Marginal (detail)
Marg. cultivator males36,012
Marg. cultivator females28,678
Marg. agri lab. males1,58,696
Marg. agri lab. females1,26,546
Marg. HH industry males5,789
Marg. HH industry females7,060
Marg. other males47,201
Marg. other females19,491
Marginal Workers — 3 to 6 months
3–6 mo workers3,26,989
3–6 mo males1,96,455
3–6 mo females1,30,534
3–6 mo cultivators49,101
3–6 mo cult. males28,879
3–6 mo cult. females20,222
3–6 mo agri lab.2,18,297
3–6 mo agri lab. males1,25,957
3–6 mo agri lab. females92,340
3–6 mo HH industry8,784
3–6 mo HH ind. males4,255
3–6 mo HH ind. females4,529
3–6 mo other50,807
3–6 mo other males37,364
3–6 mo other females13,443
Marginal Workers — 0 to 3 months
0–3 mo workers1,02,484
0–3 mo males51,243
0–3 mo females51,241
0–3 mo cultivators15,589
0–3 mo cult. males7,133
0–3 mo cult. females8,456
0–3 mo agri lab.66,945
0–3 mo agri lab. males32,739
0–3 mo agri lab. females34,206
0–3 mo HH industry4,065
0–3 mo HH ind. males1,534
0–3 mo HH ind. females2,531
0–3 mo other15,885
0–3 mo other males9,837
0–3 mo other females6,048