Balek Population - East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Balek is a medium size village located in Pasighat Circle of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 38 families residing. The Balek village has population of 254 of which 132 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balek village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 9.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balek village is 924 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Balek as per census is 1091, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Balek village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Balek village was 91.77 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Balek Male literacy stands at 94.21 % while female literacy rate was 89.09 %.

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

Balek Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	38	-	-
Population	254	132	122
Child (0-6)	23	11	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	254	132	122
Literacy	91.77 %	94.21 %	89.09 %
Total Workers	173	88	85
Main Worker	116	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	29	28

Caste Factor

In Balek village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Balek village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balek village of East Siang.

Work Profile

In Balek village out of total population, 173 were engaged in work activities. 67.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 173 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.