Balour Population - Samba, Jammu and Kashmir

Balour is a medium size village located in Samba Tehsil of Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 190 families residing. The Balour village has population of 916 of which 484 are males while 432 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balour village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 13.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balour village is 893 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Balour as per census is 794, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Balour village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Balour village was 69.77 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Balour Male literacy stands at 77.64 % while female literacy rate was 61.11 %.

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

Balour Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	190	-	-
Population	916	484	432
Child (0-6)	122	68	54
Schedule Caste	522	274	248
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.77 %	77.64 %	61.11 %
Total Workers	247	226	21
Main Worker	221	-	-
Marginal Worker	26	24	2

Caste Factor

In Balour village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.99 % of total population in Balour village. The village Balour currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balour village out of total population, 247 were engaged in work activities. 89.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 247 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.