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Balia Population - Gaya, Bihar

Balia is a medium size village located in Dumaria Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 180 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1030 of which 558 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 18.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 846 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 900, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 62.98 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balia Male literacy stands at 72.93 % while female literacy rate was 51.05 %.

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 180 - -
Population 1,030 558 472
Child (0-6) 190 100 90
Schedule Caste 236 128 108
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.98 % 72.93 % 51.05 %
Total Workers 335 264 71
Main Worker 203 - -
Marginal Worker 132 82 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.91 % 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, 335 were engaged in work activities. 60.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.