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Ballam Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Ballam is a medium size village located in Ghatshila Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 108 families residing. The Ballam village has population of 423 of which 207 are males while 216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ballam village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 13.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ballam village is 1043 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ballam as per census is 774, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ballam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ballam village was 66.03 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ballam Male literacy stands at 79.55 % while female literacy rate was 53.65 %.

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

Ballam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 423 207 216
Child (0-6) 55 31 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 372 184 188
Literacy 66.03 % 79.55 % 53.65 %
Total Workers 135 112 23
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 114 94 20

Caste Factor

In Ballam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.94 % of total population in Ballam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ballam village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Ballam village out of total population, 135 were engaged in work activities. 15.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 135 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.