Palam Rajauri

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Palam or Palma is a small village 8 km from district Rajauri, Jammu and Kashmir, India,{{cite web |author= |date=2011 |title=Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=May 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711042331/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-date=2022-07-11}} on the bank of Khandal river. Maize, rice and wheat are grown there.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

Local schools include the Nawaz Public Higher Secondary School Palam Rajauri.

2011 census details

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The local language is Urdu. The total population is 2919 and the number of houses are 477. The female population is 36.0%. The village literacy rate is 67.4% and the female literacy rate is 17.2%.

Population

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! Census Data

Total Population

|2919

Total No of Houses

|477

Female Population %

|36.0 % ( 1050)

Total Literacy rate %

|67.4 % ( 1967)

Female Literacy rate

|17.2 % ( 503)

Scheduled Tribes Population %

|33.6 % ( 982)

Scheduled Caste Population %

|3.9 % ( 114)

Working Population %

|50.1 %

Child(0 -6) Population by 2011

|397

Girl Child(0 -6) Population % by 2011

|45.8 % ( 182)

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