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Balikuda Population - Kendrapara, Orissa

Balikuda is a medium size village located in Marsaghai Block of Kendrapara district, Orissa with total 361 families residing. The Balikuda village has population of 1669 of which 885 are males while 784 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balikuda village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 10.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balikuda village is 886 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balikuda as per census is 955, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balikuda village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balikuda village was 83.63 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balikuda Male literacy stands at 93.85 % while female literacy rate was 72.00 %.

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

Balikuda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,669 885 784
Child (0-6) 172 88 84
Schedule Caste 529 285 244
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.63 % 93.85 % 72.00 %
Total Workers 555 488 67
Main Worker 445 - -
Marginal Worker 110 67 43

Caste Factor

Balikuda village of Kendrapara has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.70 % of total population in Balikuda village. The village Balikuda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balikuda village out of total population, 555 were engaged in work activities. 80.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 555 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.