Balra Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Balra is a medium size village located in Nawadiha Bazar - Nawadiha Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 170 families residing. The Balra village has population of 813 of which 409 are males while 404 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balra village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 21.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balra village is 988 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balra as per census is 1120, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balra village was 48.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balra Male literacy stands at 57.98 % while female literacy rate was 39.55 %.

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

Balra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	170	-	-
Population	813	409	404
Child (0-6)	176	83	93
Schedule Caste	366	186	180
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	48.98 %	57.98 %	39.55 %
Total Workers	339	176	163
Main Worker	31	-	-
Marginal Worker	308	160	148

Caste Factor

In Balra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.02 % of total population in Balra village. The village Balra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balra village out of total population, 339 were engaged in work activities. 9.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 339 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.