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Balihunka Population - Puri, Orissa

Balihunka is a medium size village located in Delanga Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 357 families residing. The Balihunka village has population of 1554 of which 782 are males while 772 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balihunka village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 11.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balihunka village is 987 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balihunka as per census is 966, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balihunka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balihunka village was 90.37 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balihunka Male literacy stands at 96.11 % while female literacy rate was 84.57 %.

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

Balihunka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 357 - -
Population 1,554 782 772
Child (0-6) 173 88 85
Schedule Caste 243 128 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.37 % 96.11 % 84.57 %
Total Workers 561 443 118
Main Worker 384 - -
Marginal Worker 177 86 91

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.64 % of total population in Balihunka village. The village Balihunka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balihunka village out of total population, 561 were engaged in work activities. 68.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 561 workers engaged in Main Work, 296 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.