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Balikana Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Balikana is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 347 families residing. The Balikana village has population of 1604 of which 784 are males while 820 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balikana village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 12.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balikana village is 1046 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balikana as per census is 1000, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balikana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balikana village was 77.31 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balikana Male literacy stands at 83.65 % while female literacy rate was 71.29 %.

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

Balikana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 347 - -
Population 1,604 784 820
Child (0-6) 198 99 99
Schedule Caste 344 164 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.31 % 83.65 % 71.29 %
Total Workers 381 354 27
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 303 283 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.45 % of total population in Balikana village. The village Balikana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balikana village out of total population, 381 were engaged in work activities. 20.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.