 The village has a Serb ethnic majority (94.32%) and a population of 2,044 (2002 census).In Serbian the village is known as "Pločica" (Плочица), in Hungarian as "Kevepallós", in German as "Ploschitz" or "Blauschütz", and in Romanian as "Plocița".The area was originally settled by Serbs in the end of the 17th century and later by the German colonists in the end of the 18th century.