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Balwanda Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Balwanda is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 198 families residing. The Balwanda village has population of 979 of which 507 are males while 472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balwanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 10.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balwanda village is 931 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balwanda as per census is 629, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balwanda village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balwanda village was 88.04 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balwanda Male literacy stands at 91.69 % while female literacy rate was 84.30 %.

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

Balwanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 979 507 472
Child (0-6) 101 62 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.04 % 91.69 % 84.30 %
Total Workers 304 252 52
Main Worker 238 - -
Marginal Worker 66 48 18

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Balwanda village of Gurdaspur district.

Work Profile

In Balwanda village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 78.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.