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Balsa Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Balsa is a medium size village located in Rampurhat - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 383 families residing. The Balsa village has population of 1312 of which 668 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 13.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balsa village is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balsa as per census is 1107, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Balsa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balsa village was 63.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balsa Male literacy stands at 70.38 % while female literacy rate was 56.62 %.

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

Balsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 383 - -
Population 1,312 668 644
Child (0-6) 177 84 93
Schedule Caste 934 480 454
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.70 % 70.38 % 56.62 %
Total Workers 447 417 30
Main Worker 391 - -
Marginal Worker 56 38 18

Caste Factor

In Balsa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.19 % of total population in Balsa village. The village Balsa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balsa village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 87.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 335 were Agricultural labourer.