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Balowal Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Balowal is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 208 families residing. The Balowal village has population of 1036 of which 523 are males while 513 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 8.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balowal village is 981 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balowal as per census is 655, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balowal village was 80.42 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balowal Male literacy stands at 84.40 % while female literacy rate was 76.52 %.

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

Balowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 208 - -
Population 1,036 523 513
Child (0-6) 91 55 36
Schedule Caste 248 133 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.42 % 84.40 % 76.52 %
Total Workers 371 285 86
Main Worker 274 - -
Marginal Worker 97 74 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.94 % of total population in Balowal village. The village Balowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balowal village out of total population, 371 were engaged in work activities. 73.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 371 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.