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Upper Balijan Population - Sonitpur, Assam

Upper Balijan is a medium size village located in Helem Circle of Sonitpur district, Assam with total 124 families residing. The Upper Balijan village has population of 679 of which 337 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Balijan village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 14.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Balijan village is 1015 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Balijan as per census is 1130, higher than Assam average of 962.

Upper Balijan village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Balijan village was 49.91 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Upper Balijan Male literacy stands at 63.23 % while female literacy rate was 36.55 %.

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

Upper Balijan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 679 337 342
Child (0-6) 98 46 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 145 66 79
Literacy 49.91 % 63.23 % 36.55 %
Total Workers 331 187 144
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 9 2 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.35 % of total population in Upper Balijan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Balijan village of Sonitpur.

Work Profile

In Upper Balijan village out of total population, 331 were engaged in work activities. 97.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 331 workers engaged in Main Work, 297 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.