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Balenga Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Balenga is a large village located in Bade Rajpur Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 633 families residing. The Balenga village has population of 3223 of which 1595 are males while 1628 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balenga village population of children with age 0-6 is 637 which makes up 19.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balenga village is 1021 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Balenga as per census is 919, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Balenga village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Balenga village was 35.77 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Balenga Male literacy stands at 45.92 % while female literacy rate was 26.08 %.

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

Balenga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 633 - -
Population 3,223 1,595 1,628
Child (0-6) 637 332 305
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 2,973 1,471 1,502
Literacy 35.77 % 45.92 % 26.08 %
Total Workers 1,974 960 1,014
Main Worker 835 - -
Marginal Worker 1,139 292 847

Caste Factor

In Balenga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.24 % of total population in Balenga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balenga village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Balenga village out of total population, 1974 were engaged in work activities. 42.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1974 workers engaged in Main Work, 720 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.