Palamu District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Palamu is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 20 Taluks, 1,870 villages and 9 towns in Palamu district.

As per the Census India 2011, Palamu district has 358,754 households, population of 1,939,869 of which 1,006,302 are males and 933,567 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 329,728 which is 17% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Palamu district is around 928 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Palamu district is 52.82% out of which 61.78% males are literate and 43.15% females are literate. The total area of Palamu is 4,393 sq.km with population density of 442 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 88.35% of population lives in Urban area and 11.65% lives in Rural area. There are 27.65% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 9.34% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Palamu district.

Palamu Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,939,869	100%
Hindu	1,683,169	86.77%
Muslim	238,295	12.28%
Christian	6,164	0.32%
Other religions and persuasions	5,681	0.29%
Religion not stated	5,354	0.28%
Sikh	734	0.04%
Jain	284	0.01%
Buddhist	188	0.01%

Palamu Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	84	4,309
Number of households	39,926	318,828
Total Population	226,003	1,713,866
Population (%)	52.54%	48.21%
Male Population	118,751	887,551
Female Population	107,252	826,315
Sex Ratio	903	931
Literacy (%)	69.36%	50.63%

List of Taluks in Palamu

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Palamu district, Jharkhand

Palamu Population Facts

Number of Households	358,754
Population	1,939,869
Male Population	1,006,302 (51.87%)
Female Population	933,567 (48.13%)
Children Population	329,728
Area	4,393 km2
Population density/km2	442
Sex-ratio	928
Literacy	52.82%
Male Literacy	61.78%
Female Literacy	43.15%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	9.34%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	27.65%