Balu Population - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

Balu is a medium size village located in Hamirpur Tehsil of Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 73 families residing. The Balu village has population of 356 of which 173 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balu village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 12.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balu village is 1058 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Balu as per census is 571, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Balu village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Balu village was 90.38 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Balu Male literacy stands at 97.93 % while female literacy rate was 83.83 %.

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

Balu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	73	-	-
Population	356	173	183
Child (0-6)	44	28	16
Schedule Caste	143	67	76
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	90.38 %	97.93 %	83.83 %
Total Workers	320	150	170
Main Worker	38	-	-
Marginal Worker	282	113	169

Caste Factor

In Balu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.17 % of total population in Balu village. The village Balu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balu village out of total population, 320 were engaged in work activities. 11.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 320 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.