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About Palamu District

Palamu is a district in Jharkhand, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Palamu was 1,939,869 with a growth rate of 26.17%. Palamu covers 4,393 Km2 area. Sex ratio of Palamu's population is 928 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 945 females out of 1000 males.

For better understaing, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Palamu, Urban/Rural population of Palamu, Literacy data of Palamu and Religion wise data of Palamu. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Palamu, Jharkhand, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Palamu

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Population
1,939,869
Growth (%)
26.17
Male Population
1,006,302
Sex Ratio
928
Female Population
933,567
Child Sex Ratio
945
Area ( In Km. Square )
4,393

Urban/Rural Population of Palamu

Description
Value
Description
Value
Urban Population
226,003
Rural Population
1,713,866
Urban Population (%)
11.65
Rural Population (%)
88.35
Urban male Population
118,751
Rural Male Population
887,551
Urban Female Population
107,252
Rural Female Population
826,315
Urban Sex Ratio
903
Rural Sex Ratio
931

Literacy data of Palamu

Description
Value
Description
Value
Total Literate
1,024,563
Literacy (%)
63.63
Male Literate
621,706
Male Literacy (%)
74.30
Female Literate
402,857
Female Literacy (%)
52.09
Urban Literate
156,749
Rural Literate
867,814
Urban Male Literates
89,137
Urban Male Literacy (%)
87.07
Rural Male Literates
532,569
Rural Male Literacy (%)
72.52
Urban Female Literates
67,612
Urban Female Literacy (%)
73.30
Rural Female Literates
335,245
Rural Female Literacy (%)
49.22

Religion Wise Data of Palamu

Description
Value
Description
Value
Hindu
1,683,169
Hindu (%)
86.77
Muslim
238,295
Muslim (%)
12.28
Sikh
734
Sikh (%)
0.04
Christian
6,164
Christian (%)
0.32
Jain
284
Jain (%)
0.01
Buddhist
188
Buddhist (%)
0.01
Other
5,681
Other (%)
0.29
Not Avaiable
5,354
Not Avaiable (%)
0.28

List of tehsils in Palamu

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Padwa

Area ( Km2 ): 103

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Pandu

Area ( Km2 ): 160

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Panki

Area ( Km2 ): 436

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Patan

Area ( Km2 ): 307

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Pipra

Area ( Km2 ): 80

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Satbarwa

Area ( Km2 ): 120

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Tarhasi

Area ( Km2 ): 213

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Untari Road

Area ( Km2 ): 78