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Balia Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Balia is a medium size village located in Meherma Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 222 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1144 of which 614 are males while 530 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 15.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 863 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 708, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 77.05 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balia Male literacy stands at 85.24 % while female literacy rate was 67.91 %.

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 222 - -
Population 1,144 614 530
Child (0-6) 181 106 75
Schedule Caste 34 18 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.05 % 85.24 % 67.91 %
Total Workers 464 284 180
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 234 89 145

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.97 % 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, 464 were engaged in work activities. 49.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 464 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.