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Balsota Population - Lohardaga, Jharkhand

Balsota is a medium size village located in Bhandra Block of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand with total 143 families residing. The Balsota village has population of 799 of which 411 are males while 388 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balsota village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 19.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balsota village is 944 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balsota as per census is 639, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balsota village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balsota village was 62.50 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balsota Male literacy stands at 70.38 % while female literacy rate was 54.91 %.

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

Balsota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 799 411 388
Child (0-6) 159 97 62
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 420 214 206
Literacy 62.50 % 70.38 % 54.91 %
Total Workers 475 234 241
Main Worker 122 - -
Marginal Worker 353 129 224

Caste Factor

In Balsota village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.57 % of total population in Balsota village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balsota village of Lohardaga.

Work Profile

In Balsota village out of total population, 475 were engaged in work activities. 25.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 475 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.