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Balakua Population - Gajapati, Orissa

Balakua is a medium size village located in Adva Block of Gajapati district, Orissa with total 83 families residing. The Balakua village has population of 429 of which 205 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balakua village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 22.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balakua village is 1093 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balakua as per census is 590, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balakua village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balakua village was 9.04 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balakua Male literacy stands at 12.50 % while female literacy rate was 6.38 %.

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

Balakua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 429 205 224
Child (0-6) 97 61 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 422 201 221
Literacy 9.04 % 12.50 % 6.38 %
Total Workers 215 92 123
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 151 30 121

Caste Factor

In Balakua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.37 % of total population in Balakua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balakua village of Gajapati.

Work Profile

In Balakua village out of total population, 215 were engaged in work activities. 29.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 215 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.