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Balia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Balia is a medium size village located in Gopikandar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 57 families residing. The Balia village has population of 260 of which 131 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 21.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 985 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 1036, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 61.58 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balia Male literacy stands at 74.76 % while female literacy rate was 48.00 %.

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 57 - -
Population 260 131 129
Child (0-6) 57 28 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 258 130 128
Literacy 61.58 % 74.76 % 48.00 %
Total Workers 175 89 86
Main Worker 0 - -
Marginal Worker 175 89 86

Caste Factor

In Balia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.23 % of total population in Balia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balia village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 175 were engaged in work activities. 0.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 100.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 175 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.