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Balia Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Balia is a medium size village located in Shahkund Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 115 families residing. The Balia village has population of 658 of which 347 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 22.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 896 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 986, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Balia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 58.09 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Balia Male literacy stands at 72.26 % while female literacy rate was 41.84 %.

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 115 - -
Population 658 347 311
Child (0-6) 145 73 72
Schedule Caste 95 57 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.09 % 72.26 % 41.84 %
Total Workers 194 142 52
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 173 124 49

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.44 % 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, 194 were engaged in work activities. 10.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.