sentences:  5,609 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,887 are boys and 2,722 are girls —a ratio of 943 girls per 1000 boys.The average literacy rate stands at 75.68% with 39,276 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.Palasa Municipality is a civic body constituted in the year 2000.