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Balia Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Balia is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 283 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1814 of which 934 are males while 880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 379 which makes up 20.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 942 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 905, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 56.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balia Male literacy stands at 70.88 % while female literacy rate was 41.43 %.

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 283 - -
Population 1,814 934 880
Child (0-6) 379 199 180
Schedule Caste 535 283 252
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 56.52 % 70.88 % 41.43 %
Total Workers 757 448 309
Main Worker 380 - -
Marginal Worker 377 132 245

Caste Factor

Balia village of Giridih has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Balia village.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 757 were engaged in work activities. 50.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 757 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.