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Balagan Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Balagan is a small village located in Bishamakatak Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 30 families residing. The Balagan village has population of 167 of which 77 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 10.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balagan village is 1169 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balagan as per census is 500, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balagan village was 63.09 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balagan Male literacy stands at 69.23 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Balagan 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 Balagan village.

Balagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 167 77 90
Child (0-6) 18 12 6
Schedule Caste 132 61 71
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.09 % 69.23 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 71 33 38
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

In Balagan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 79.04 % of total population in Balagan village. The village Balagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balagan village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 92.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.