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Balia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Balia is a medium size village located in Baisi Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 239 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1375 of which 711 are males while 664 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 343 which makes up 24.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 906, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 49.03 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balia Male literacy stands at 58.76 % while female literacy rate was 38.72 %.

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 239 - -
Population 1,375 711 664
Child (0-6) 343 180 163
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.03 % 58.76 % 38.72 %
Total Workers 398 276 122
Main Worker 395 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Balia village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 398 were engaged in work activities. 99.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 398 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.