Balidhum is a remote village in the Dharmanagar sub-division of North
Tripura District of Tripura state. Balidhum is an ADC (Autonomous District
Council) Village approx 5kms from Dharmanagar the district town of North
Tripura and one of the major villages in the Autonomous District Council of
Tripura.
Balidhum is small village located in Dharmanagar
of North Tripura district, Tripura with total 327 families residing. The
Balidhum village has population of 1500 of which 759 are males while 741 are
females as per Population Census 2011.
In Balidhum village population of children with
age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 18.67 % of total population of village. Average
Sex Ratio of Balidhum village is 976 which are higher than Tripura state
average of 960. Child Sex Ratio for the Balidhum as per census is 1029, higher
than Tripura average of 957.
Balidhum
village has higher literacy rate compared to Tripura. In 2011, literacy rate of
Balidhum village was 95.25 % compared to 87.22 % of Tripura. In Balidhum Male
literacy stands at 96.46 % while female literacy rate was 93.99 %.
In
Balidhum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.60 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.73 %
of total population in Balidhum village.
In
Balidhum village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities.
51.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more
than 6 Months) while 48.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing
livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 107
were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural laborers.
