Balijor Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Balijor is a medium size village located in Shikaripara Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 163 families residing. The Balijor village has population of 725 of which 369 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balijor village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 15.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balijor village is 965 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balijor as per census is 917, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balijor village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balijor village was 68.69 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balijor Male literacy stands at 77.99 % while female literacy rate was 59.14 %.

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

Balijor Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	725	369	356
Child (0-6)	115	60	55
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	714	365	349
Literacy	68.69 %	77.99 %	59.14 %
Total Workers	365	215	150
Main Worker	42	-	-
Marginal Worker	323	186	137

Caste Factor

In Balijor village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.48 % of total population in Balijor village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balijor village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Balijor village out of total population, 365 were engaged in work activities. 11.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 365 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.