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Balta Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Balta is a medium size village located in Khoyrasol Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Balta village has population of 629 of which 335 are males while 294 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balta village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 13.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balta village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balta as per census is 766, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balta village was 76.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balta Male literacy stands at 85.76 % while female literacy rate was 65.50 %.

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

Balta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 629 335 294
Child (0-6) 83 47 36
Schedule Caste 199 111 88
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.19 % 85.76 % 65.50 %
Total Workers 230 226 4
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

Balta village of Birbhum has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.64 % of total population in Balta village. The village Balta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balta village out of total population, 230 were engaged in work activities. 99.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 230 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.