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Balia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Balia is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1390 of which 696 are males while 694 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 10.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 852, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 74.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balia Male literacy stands at 80.16 % while female literacy rate was 69.28 %.

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 290 - -
Population 1,390 696 694
Child (0-6) 150 81 69
Schedule Caste 409 206 203
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.68 % 80.16 % 69.28 %
Total Workers 449 367 82
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 169 129 40

Caste Factor

Balia village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.42 % of total population in Balia village. The village Balia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 449 were engaged in work activities. 62.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 449 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.