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Balso Population - Champawat, Uttarakhand

Balso is a medium size village located in Lohaghat Tehsil of Champawat district, Uttarakhand with total 143 families residing. The Balso village has population of 654 of which 281 are males while 373 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balso village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 13.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balso village is 1327 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Balso as per census is 784, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Balso village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balso village was 74.60 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Balso Male literacy stands at 90.87 % while female literacy rate was 63.36 %.

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

Balso Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 143 - -
Population 654 281 373
Child (0-6) 91 51 40
Schedule Caste 58 23 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.60 % 90.87 % 63.36 %
Total Workers 373 133 240
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 51 17 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.87 % of total population in Balso village. The village Balso currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balso village out of total population, 373 were engaged in work activities. 86.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 373 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.