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Balat Population - Sambalpur, Orissa

Balat is a small village located in Kisinda Block of Sambalpur district, Orissa with total 42 families residing. The Balat village has population of 194 of which 97 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balat village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 14.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balat village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balat as per census is 867, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balat village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balat village was 65.66 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balat Male literacy stands at 75.61 % while female literacy rate was 55.95 %.

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

Balat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 194 97 97
Child (0-6) 28 15 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 121 60 61
Literacy 65.66 % 75.61 % 55.95 %
Total Workers 125 61 64
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 64 10 54

Caste Factor

In Balat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.37 % of total population in Balat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balat village of Sambalpur.

Work Profile

In Balat village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 48.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.