Balikunda Population - Malkangiri, Orissa

Balikunda is a medium size village located in Mudulipada Block of Malkangiri district, Orissa with total 73 families residing. The Balikunda village has population of 279 of which 134 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balikunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 16.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balikunda village is 1082 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balikunda as per census is 731, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balikunda village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balikunda village was 34.19 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balikunda Male literacy stands at 43.52 % while female literacy rate was 26.19 %.

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

Balikunda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	73	-	-
Population	279	134	145
Child (0-6)	45	26	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	259	125	134
Literacy	34.19 %	43.52 %	26.19 %
Total Workers	159	75	84
Main Worker	47	-	-
Marginal Worker	112	29	83

Caste Factor

In Balikunda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.83 % of total population in Balikunda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balikunda village of Malkangiri.

Work Profile

In Balikunda village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 29.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.