Balo Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Balo is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 94 families residing. The Balo village has population of 542 of which 281 are males while 261 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balo village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 17.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balo village is 929 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balo as per census is 860, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balo village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balo village was 57.46 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balo Male literacy stands at 70.56 % while female literacy rate was 43.58 %.

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

Balo Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	94	-	-
Population	542	281	261
Child (0-6)	93	50	43
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	463	239	224
Literacy	57.46 %	70.56 %	43.58 %
Total Workers	270	138	132
Main Worker	128	-	-
Marginal Worker	142	73	69

Caste Factor

In Balo village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.42 % of total population in Balo village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balo village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Balo village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 47.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.