Balasi Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Balasi is a medium size village located in SURADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 45 families residing. The Balasi village has population of 221 of which 107 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 20.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balasi village is 1065 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balasi as per census is 957, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Balasi village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balasi village was 59.09 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balasi Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 47.83 %.

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

Balasi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	45	-	-
Population	221	107	114
Child (0-6)	45	23	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	168	83	85
Literacy	59.09 %	71.43 %	47.83 %
Total Workers	111	55	56
Main Worker	92	-	-
Marginal Worker	19	5	14

Caste Factor

In Balasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.02 % of total population in Balasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balasi village of Ganjam.

Work Profile

In Balasi village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 82.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.