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Balikonta Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Balikonta is a medium size village located in Jagdalpur Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 238 families residing. The Balikonta village has population of 1099 of which 554 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balikonta village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balikonta village is 984 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Balikonta as per census is 908, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Balikonta village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Balikonta village was 54.23 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Balikonta Male literacy stands at 66.38 % while female literacy rate was 42.06 %.

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

Balikonta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,099 554 545
Child (0-6) 166 87 79
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 804 415 389
Literacy 54.23 % 66.38 % 42.06 %
Total Workers 338 276 62
Main Worker 312 - -
Marginal Worker 26 13 13

Caste Factor

In Balikonta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.16 % of total population in Balikonta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balikonta village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Balikonta village out of total population, 338 were engaged in work activities. 92.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 338 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.