Balatu Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Balatu is a medium size village located in Bishunpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 61 families residing. The Balatu village has population of 303 of which 157 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balatu village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 13.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balatu village is 930 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balatu as per census is 1412, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balatu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balatu village was 62.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balatu Male literacy stands at 75.71 % while female literacy rate was 48.36 %.

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

Balatu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	61	-	-
Population	303	157	146
Child (0-6)	41	17	24
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	289	151	138
Literacy	62.98 %	75.71 %	48.36 %
Total Workers	120	68	52
Main Worker	61	-	-
Marginal Worker	59	23	36

Caste Factor

In Balatu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.38 % of total population in Balatu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balatu village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Balatu village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 50.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.