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Balua Population - Araria, Bihar

Balua is a medium size village located in Forbesganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 343 families residing. The Balua village has population of 1332 of which 675 are males while 657 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balua village population of children with age 0-6 is 286 which makes up 21.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balua village is 973 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balua as per census is 986, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Balua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balua village was 48.18 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balua Male literacy stands at 55.56 % while female literacy rate was 40.58 %.

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

Balua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 1,332 675 657
Child (0-6) 286 144 142
Schedule Caste 541 283 258
Schedule Tribe 36 23 13
Literacy 48.18 % 55.56 % 40.58 %
Total Workers 579 346 233
Main Worker 335 - -
Marginal Worker 244 38 206

Caste Factor

In Balua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.70 % of total population in Balua village.

Work Profile

In Balua village out of total population, 579 were engaged in work activities. 57.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 579 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 248 were Agricultural labourer.