Balho Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Balho is a medium size village located in Giridih Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 97 families residing. The Balho village has population of 494 of which 255 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balho village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 25.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balho village is 937 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balho as per census is 882, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balho village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balho village was 63.39 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balho Male literacy stands at 74.87 % while female literacy rate was 51.40 %.

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

Balho Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	97	-	-
Population	494	255	239
Child (0-6)	128	68	60
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	199	111	88
Literacy	63.39 %	74.87 %	51.40 %
Total Workers	241	128	113
Main Worker	136	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	52	53

Caste Factor

In Balho village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.28 % of total population in Balho village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balho village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Balho village out of total population, 241 were engaged in work activities. 56.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 241 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.