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Bal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bal is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 449 families residing. The Bal village has population of 2230 of which 1197 are males while 1033 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bal village population of children with age 0-6 is 274 which makes up 12.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bal village is 863 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bal as per census is 593, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bal village was 75.72 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bal Male literacy stands at 79.90 % while female literacy rate was 71.11 %.

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

Bal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 449 - -
Population 2,230 1,197 1,033
Child (0-6) 274 172 102
Schedule Caste 539 297 242
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.72 % 79.90 % 71.11 %
Total Workers 625 597 28
Main Worker 618 - -
Marginal Worker 7 7 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.17 % of total population in Bal village. The village Bal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bal village out of total population, 625 were engaged in work activities. 98.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 625 workers engaged in Main Work, 196 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.