Balon Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Balon is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 151 families residing. The Balon village has population of 704 of which 370 are males while 334 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balon village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 10.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balon village is 903 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balon as per census is 510, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balon village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balon village was 89.52 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balon Male literacy stands at 92.83 % while female literacy rate was 86.08 %.

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

Balon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	151	-	-
Population	704	370	334
Child (0-6)	74	49	25
Schedule Caste	405	212	193
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	89.52 %	92.83 %	86.08 %
Total Workers	226	208	18
Main Worker	220	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	2	4

Caste Factor

In Balon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.53 % of total population in Balon village. The village Balon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balon village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 97.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.