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Balaggan Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Balaggan is a medium size village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 281 families residing. The Balaggan village has population of 1531 of which 808 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balaggan village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balaggan village is 895 which is equal than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balaggan as per census is 770, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balaggan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balaggan village was 60.19 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balaggan Male literacy stands at 64.69 % while female literacy rate was 55.26 %.

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

Balaggan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,531 808 723
Child (0-6) 177 100 77
Schedule Caste 776 421 355
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.19 % 64.69 % 55.26 %
Total Workers 520 447 73
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 37 14 23

Caste Factor

In Balaggan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.69 % of total population in Balaggan village. The village Balaggan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balaggan village out of total population, 520 were engaged in work activities. 92.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 520 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.