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Balaha Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Balaha is a medium size village located in Shivaji Nagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 191 families residing. The Balaha village has population of 1003 of which 520 are males while 483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 18.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balaha village is 929 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balaha as per census is 812, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Balaha village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balaha village was 71.34 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balaha Male literacy stands at 79.24 % while female literacy rate was 63.09 %.

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

Balaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 1,003 520 483
Child (0-6) 183 101 82
Schedule Caste 105 56 49
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.34 % 79.24 % 63.09 %
Total Workers 291 273 18
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 25 20 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.47 % of total population in Balaha village. The village Balaha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balaha village out of total population, 291 were engaged in work activities. 91.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.