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Balha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Balha is a medium size village located in Pipra Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 106 families residing. The Balha village has population of 504 of which 266 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balha village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 16.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balha village is 895 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balha as per census is 841, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balha village was 55.32 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balha Male literacy stands at 65.77 % while female literacy rate was 43.78 %.

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

Balha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 106 - -
Population 504 266 238
Child (0-6) 81 44 37
Schedule Caste 294 150 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.32 % 65.77 % 43.78 %
Total Workers 119 119 0
Main Worker 116 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Balha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.33 % of total population in Balha village. The village Balha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balha village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 97.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.