Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Balia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Balia is a medium size village located in Bankura - I Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 300 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1460 of which 752 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 10.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 798, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 70.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balia Male literacy stands at 79.19 % while female literacy rate was 60.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Balia village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Balia village.

Balia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,460 752 708
Child (0-6) 160 89 71
Schedule Caste 468 248 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.15 % 79.19 % 60.75 %
Total Workers 535 389 146
Main Worker 453 - -
Marginal Worker 82 37 45

Caste Factor

Balia village of Bankura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.05 % of total population in Balia village. The village Balia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 84.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 192 were Agricultural labourer.