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Bal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bal is a small village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 32 families residing. The Bal village has population of 179 of which 94 are males while 85 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bal village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 17.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bal village is 904 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bal as per census is 882, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Bal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bal village was 63.95 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bal Male literacy stands at 68.83 % while female literacy rate was 58.57 %.

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 32 - -
Population 179 94 85
Child (0-6) 32 17 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.95 % 68.83 % 58.57 %
Total Workers 54 50 4
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 10 7 3

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Bal village out of total population, 54 were engaged in work activities. 81.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 54 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.