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Balhra Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Balhra is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 136 families residing. The Balhra village has population of 530 of which 264 are males while 266 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 7.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balhra village is 1008 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balhra as per census is 290, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balhra village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balhra village was 77.35 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balhra Male literacy stands at 81.12 % while female literacy rate was 73.93 %.

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

Balhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 530 264 266
Child (0-6) 40 31 9
Schedule Caste 18 9 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.35 % 81.12 % 73.93 %
Total Workers 211 134 77
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 11 7 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.40 % of total population in Balhra village. The village Balhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balhra village out of total population, 211 were engaged in work activities. 94.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 211 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.