Palas
Junagarh block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766023
· village code 423732
Population 2011
2,491
Census of India
Population 2020
2,790
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.0%
299 people · 1.3% a year
Households
566
-12.7% vs 648 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,491
Male / female
1,285 / 1,206
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
275
Literacy rate
54.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
272 / 7
Working population
939
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
53.9%
Households
648
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
201
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
265
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
256 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
256 / 205 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palash panchayat, Junagarh zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹29.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹77,371
Spent
₹23.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.45 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹10.66 lakh · left ₹7.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.99 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹12.80 lakh · left ₹19.60 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.8559, 82.9493 —
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