Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Balia Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Balia is a medium size village located in Kujang Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 361 families residing. The Balia village has population of 1681 of which 828 are males while 853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 10.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 1030 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 1195, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 83.34 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 90.35 % while female literacy rate was 76.42 %.

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 361 - -
Population 1,681 828 853
Child (0-6) 180 82 98
Schedule Caste 233 103 130
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.34 % 90.35 % 76.42 %
Total Workers 517 446 71
Main Worker 456 - -
Marginal Worker 61 34 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.86 % 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, 517 were engaged in work activities. 88.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 517 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.