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Balia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Balia is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 122 families residing. The Balia village has population of 531 of which 244 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 9.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 1176 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 1600, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 73.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balia Male literacy stands at 84.82 % while female literacy rate was 63.53 %.

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

Balia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 531 244 287
Child (0-6) 52 20 32
Schedule Caste 75 36 39
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 73.49 % 84.82 % 63.53 %
Total Workers 299 127 172
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 243 71 172

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.12 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.94 % of total population in Balia village.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 18.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.