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Balua Population - Araria, Bihar

Balua is a medium size village located in Palasi Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 457 families residing. The Balua village has population of 1830 of which 940 are males while 890 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balua village population of children with age 0-6 is 327 which makes up 17.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balua village is 947 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balua as per census is 1057, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Balua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balua village was 53.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balua Male literacy stands at 60.18 % while female literacy rate was 46.40 %.

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

Balua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 457 - -
Population 1,830 940 890
Child (0-6) 327 159 168
Schedule Caste 615 317 298
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.56 % 60.18 % 46.40 %
Total Workers 786 454 332
Main Worker 541 - -
Marginal Worker 245 55 190

Caste Factor

Balua village of Araria has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.61 % of total population in Balua village. The village Balua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balua village out of total population, 786 were engaged in work activities. 68.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 786 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 391 were Agricultural labourer.