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Balia Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Balia is a medium size village located in Biridi Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 321 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1210 of which 626 are males while 584 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 10.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 933 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 1098, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 78.74 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 86.19 % while female literacy rate was 70.60 %.

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

Balia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 321 - -
Population 1,210 626 584
Child (0-6) 128 61 67
Schedule Caste 762 393 369
Schedule Tribe 39 23 16
Literacy 78.74 % 86.19 % 70.60 %
Total Workers 552 384 168
Main Worker 333 - -
Marginal Worker 219 106 113

Caste Factor

In Balia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.98 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.22 % of total population in Balia village.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 60.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.