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Balia Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Balia is a medium size village located in Gurundia Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 130 families residing. The Balia village has population of 642 of which 319 are males while 323 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 19.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 1013 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 800, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 53.29 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 72.29 % while female literacy rate was 35.58 %.

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 130 - -
Population 642 319 323
Child (0-6) 126 70 56
Schedule Caste 10 5 5
Schedule Tribe 518 253 265
Literacy 53.29 % 72.29 % 35.58 %
Total Workers 403 189 214
Main Worker 117 - -
Marginal Worker 286 77 209

Caste Factor

In Balia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 80.69 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.56 % of total population in Balia village.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 403 were engaged in work activities. 29.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 403 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.