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Balani Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Balani is a medium size village located in Lathikata Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 346 families residing. The Balani village has population of 1693 of which 862 are males while 831 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balani village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 9.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balani village is 964 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balani as per census is 987, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balani village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balani village was 72.30 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balani Male literacy stands at 82.14 % while female literacy rate was 62.07 %.

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

Balani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,693 862 831
Child (0-6) 155 78 77
Schedule Caste 127 67 60
Schedule Tribe 1,326 673 653
Literacy 72.30 % 82.14 % 62.07 %
Total Workers 603 463 140
Main Worker 511 - -
Marginal Worker 92 67 25

Caste Factor

In Balani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.50 % of total population in Balani village.

Work Profile

In Balani village out of total population, 603 were engaged in work activities. 84.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 603 workers engaged in Main Work, 299 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.