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Balapur Population - Puri, Orissa

Balapur is a large village located in Satyabadi Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 786 families residing. The Balapur village has population of 3628 of which 1838 are males while 1790 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 364 which makes up 10.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balapur village is 974 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balapur as per census is 968, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balapur village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balapur village was 85.69 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balapur Male literacy stands at 91.95 % while female literacy rate was 79.27 %.

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

Balapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 786 - -
Population 3,628 1,838 1,790
Child (0-6) 364 185 179
Schedule Caste 850 435 415
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 85.69 % 91.95 % 79.27 %
Total Workers 1,903 1,267 636
Main Worker 1,276 - -
Marginal Worker 627 228 399

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.43 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Balapur village.

Work Profile

In Balapur village out of total population, 1903 were engaged in work activities. 67.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1903 workers engaged in Main Work, 605 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.