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Banaras Population - Balangir, Orissa

Banaras is a medium size village located in Saintala Block of Balangir district, Orissa with total 155 families residing. The Banaras village has population of 495 of which 246 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banaras village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 15.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banaras village is 1012 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Banaras as per census is 1111, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Banaras village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Banaras village was 57.76 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Banaras Male literacy stands at 67.62 % while female literacy rate was 47.85 %.

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

Banaras Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 495 246 249
Child (0-6) 76 36 40
Schedule Caste 3 1 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.76 % 67.62 % 47.85 %
Total Workers 135 127 8
Main Worker 125 - -
Marginal Worker 10 8 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.61 % of total population in Banaras village. The village Banaras currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banaras village out of total population, 135 were engaged in work activities. 92.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 135 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.