Palas
Jayapatna block · Kalahandi
district, Odisha · PIN 766018
· village code 424177
Population 2011
1,065
Census of India
Population 2020
1,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.7%
135 people · 1.3% a year
Households
400
+37.9% vs 290 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,065
Male / female
529 / 536
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,013
Children aged 0–6
129
Literacy rate
42.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
207 / 732
Working population
590
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.4%
Households
290
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
50
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
15
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 2 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Badapujariguda panchayat, Jayapatna 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
₹28.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹70,806
Spent
₹21.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.49 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹9.64 lakh · left ₹8.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.36 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹11.49 lakh · left ₹16.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.4414, 82.8118 —
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