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Balanga Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Balanga is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 165 families residing. The Balanga village has population of 785 of which 398 are males while 387 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 18.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balanga village is 972 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balanga as per census is 790, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balanga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balanga village was 31.41 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balanga Male literacy stands at 46.06 % while female literacy rate was 17.03 %.

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

Balanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 165 - -
Population 785 398 387
Child (0-6) 145 81 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 751 381 370
Literacy 31.41 % 46.06 % 17.03 %
Total Workers 397 197 200
Main Worker 391 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

In Balanga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.67 % of total population in Balanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balanga village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Balanga village out of total population, 397 were engaged in work activities. 98.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 397 workers engaged in Main Work, 389 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.