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Upper Balian Population - Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Upper Balian is a medium size village located in Umling Block of Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Upper Balian village has population of 242 of which 119 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Balian village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 19.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Balian village is 1034 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Balian as per census is 1136, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Balian village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Balian village was 69.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Balian Male literacy stands at 78.35 % while female literacy rate was 61.22 %.

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

Upper Balian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 242 119 123
Child (0-6) 47 22 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 226 111 115
Literacy 69.74 % 78.35 % 61.22 %
Total Workers 71 54 17
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Upper Balian village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.39 % of total population in Upper Balian village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Balian village of Ri Bhoi.

Work Profile

In Upper Balian village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.