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Balla Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Balla is a medium size village located in Raina - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 391 families residing. The Balla village has population of 1743 of which 870 are males while 873 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balla village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 9.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balla village is 1003 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balla as per census is 828, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balla village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balla village was 79.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balla Male literacy stands at 87.00 % while female literacy rate was 72.24 %.

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

Balla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 1,743 870 873
Child (0-6) 170 93 77
Schedule Caste 625 307 318
Schedule Tribe 172 86 86
Literacy 79.53 % 87.00 % 72.24 %
Total Workers 674 546 128
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 165 106 59

Caste Factor

In Balla village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.87 % of total population in Balla village.

Work Profile

In Balla village out of total population, 674 were engaged in work activities. 75.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 674 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 305 were Agricultural labourer.