Balia Population - Koraput, Orissa

Balia is a small village located in Nandapur Block of Koraput district, Orissa with total 54 families residing. The Balia village has population of 191 of which 93 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 16.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 1054 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 1818, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 53.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 74.39 % while female literacy rate was 30.77 %.

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	54	-	-
Population	191	93	98
Child (0-6)	31	11	20
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	68	35	33
Literacy	53.13 %	74.39 %	30.77 %
Total Workers	119	59	60
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	96	37	59

Caste Factor

In Balia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.60 % of total population in Balia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balia village of Koraput.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 19.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.