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Balia Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Balia is a medium size village located in HINJILI Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 133 families residing. The Balia village has population of 641 of which 334 are males while 307 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balia village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 9.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balia village is 919 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Balia as per census is 875, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Balia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Balia village was 75.90 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Balia Male literacy stands at 88.74 % while female literacy rate was 62.01 %.

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 133 - -
Population 641 334 307
Child (0-6) 60 32 28
Schedule Caste 30 13 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.90 % 88.74 % 62.01 %
Total Workers 288 176 112
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 169 69 100

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.68 % 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, 288 were engaged in work activities. 41.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.