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Balia Population - Gaya, Bihar

Balia is a medium size village located in Guraru Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 191 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1271 of which 652 are males while 619 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 15.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 949 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 780, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 64.81 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balia Male literacy stands at 73.48 % while female literacy rate was 55.99 %.

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 191 - -
Population 1,271 652 619
Child (0-6) 194 109 85
Schedule Caste 338 174 164
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.81 % 73.48 % 55.99 %
Total Workers 405 314 91
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 169 89 80

Caste Factor

Balia village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.59 % 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, 405 were engaged in work activities. 58.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 405 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.