Balia Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Balia is a medium size village located in PURUSOTTAMPUR Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 323 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1445 of which 760 are males while 685 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 901 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 881, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 65.27 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 78.99 % while female literacy rate was 50.08 %.

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	323	-	-
Population	1,445	760	685
Child (0-6)	158	84	74
Schedule Caste	806	426	380
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.27 %	78.99 %	50.08 %
Total Workers	544	417	127
Main Worker	173	-	-
Marginal Worker	371	265	106

Caste Factor

In Balia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.78 % 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, 544 were engaged in work activities. 31.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 544 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.