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Balia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Balia is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 111 families residing. The Balia village has population of 602 of which 316 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 17.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 905 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 862, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 18.02 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balia Male literacy stands at 23.26 % while female literacy rate was 12.29 %.

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 111 - -
Population 602 316 286
Child (0-6) 108 58 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 18.02 % 23.26 % 12.29 %
Total Workers 322 164 158
Main Worker 142 - -
Marginal Worker 180 88 92

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Balia village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 322 were engaged in work activities. 44.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 322 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.