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Balotar Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Balotar is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 59 families residing. The Balotar village has population of 262 of which 137 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balotar village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 12.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balotar village is 912 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balotar as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Balotar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balotar village was 79.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balotar Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 75.93 %.

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

Balotar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 262 137 125
Child (0-6) 34 17 17
Schedule Caste 164 88 76
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.82 % 83.33 % 75.93 %
Total Workers 66 60 6
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 6 4 2

Caste Factor

In Balotar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.60 % of total population in Balotar village. The village Balotar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balotar village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 90.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.