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Balathar Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Balathar is a medium size village located in Poreyahat Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 132 families residing. The Balathar village has population of 665 of which 326 are males while 339 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balathar village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balathar village is 1040 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balathar as per census is 1341, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balathar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balathar village was 40.60 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balathar Male literacy stands at 49.82 % while female literacy rate was 31.34 %.

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

Balathar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 665 326 339
Child (0-6) 96 41 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 608 304 304
Literacy 40.60 % 49.82 % 31.34 %
Total Workers 358 182 176
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 332 166 166

Caste Factor

In Balathar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.43 % of total population in Balathar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balathar village of Godda.

Work Profile

In Balathar village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 7.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.