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Balur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Balur is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 288 families residing. The Balur village has population of 1241 of which 643 are males while 598 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balur village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 10.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balur village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balur as per census is 857, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balur village was 73.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balur Male literacy stands at 79.76 % while female literacy rate was 66.91 %.

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

Balur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,241 643 598
Child (0-6) 130 70 60
Schedule Caste 660 340 320
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.54 % 79.76 % 66.91 %
Total Workers 673 460 213
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 201 80 121

Caste Factor

In Balur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.18 % of total population in Balur village. The village Balur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balur village out of total population, 673 were engaged in work activities. 70.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 673 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.