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Balia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Balia is a medium size village located in Kathikund Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 86 families residing. The Balia village has population of 355 of which 172 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 19.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 1064 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 917, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 40.91 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balia Male literacy stands at 50.00 % while female literacy rate was 32.67 %.

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 86 - -
Population 355 172 183
Child (0-6) 69 36 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 353 172 181
Literacy 40.91 % 50.00 % 32.67 %
Total Workers 203 101 102
Main Worker 184 - -
Marginal Worker 19 11 8

Caste Factor

In Balia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.44 % 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, 203 were engaged in work activities. 90.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.