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Balagan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Balagan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 130 families residing. The Balagan village has population of 726 of which 396 are males while 330 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 9.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balagan village is 833 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balagan as per census is 643, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balagan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balagan village was 73.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balagan Male literacy stands at 78.81 % while female literacy rate was 67.99 %.

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 130 - -
Population 726 396 330
Child (0-6) 69 42 27
Schedule Caste 33 20 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.82 % 78.81 % 67.99 %
Total Workers 199 192 7
Main Worker 167 - -
Marginal Worker 32 31 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.55 % 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, 199 were engaged in work activities. 83.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.