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Upar Balalong Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Upar Balalong is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 286 families residing. The Upar Balalong village has population of 1267 of which 653 are males while 614 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upar Balalong village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 13.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upar Balalong village is 940 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Upar Balalong as per census is 1024, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Upar Balalong village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Upar Balalong village was 57.40 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Upar Balalong Male literacy stands at 67.95 % while female literacy rate was 46.04 %.

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

Upar Balalong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,267 653 614
Child (0-6) 166 82 84
Schedule Caste 440 236 204
Schedule Tribe 424 222 202
Literacy 57.40 % 67.95 % 46.04 %
Total Workers 741 376 365
Main Worker 590 - -
Marginal Worker 151 17 134

Caste Factor

In Upar Balalong village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.73 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 33.46 % of total population in Upar Balalong village.

Work Profile

In Upar Balalong village out of total population, 741 were engaged in work activities. 79.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 741 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 260 were Agricultural labourer.