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Balia Population - Katihar, Bihar

Balia is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 81 families residing. The Balia village has population of 381 of which 198 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 18.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 924 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 919, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 39.03 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balia Male literacy stands at 47.20 % while female literacy rate was 30.20 %.

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 81 - -
Population 381 198 183
Child (0-6) 71 37 34
Schedule Caste 14 8 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 39.03 % 47.20 % 30.20 %
Total Workers 195 104 91
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 24 3 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.67 % of total population in Balia village. The village Balia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balia village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 87.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 162 were Agricultural labourer.