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Balia Population - Puri, Orissa

Balia is a medium size village located in Chandanpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 295 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1497 of which 768 are males while 729 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 11.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 949 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 954, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 79.95 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 86.93 % while female literacy rate was 72.60 %.

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 295 - -
Population 1,497 768 729
Child (0-6) 170 87 83
Schedule Caste 218 111 107
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.95 % 86.93 % 72.60 %
Total Workers 537 485 52
Main Worker 392 - -
Marginal Worker 145 117 28

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.56 % of total population in Balia village. The village Balia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 537 were engaged in work activities. 73.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 537 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 195 were Agricultural labourer.