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Balagan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Balagan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 225 families residing. The Balagan village has population of 1396 of which 745 are males while 651 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 12.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balagan village is 874 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balagan as per census is 700, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balagan village was 77.73 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balagan Male literacy stands at 82.02 % while female literacy rate was 72.98 %.

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

Balagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,396 745 651
Child (0-6) 170 100 70
Schedule Caste 123 72 51
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.73 % 82.02 % 72.98 %
Total Workers 489 419 70
Main Worker 402 - -
Marginal Worker 87 36 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.81 % of total population in Balagan village. The village Balagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balagan village out of total population, 489 were engaged in work activities. 82.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 489 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.