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Balsua Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Balsua is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 390 families residing. The Balsua village has population of 1900 of which 993 are males while 907 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balsua village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 8.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balsua village is 913 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balsua as per census is 1169, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Balsua village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balsua village was 88.00 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balsua Male literacy stands at 91.81 % while female literacy rate was 83.72 %.

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

Balsua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 390 - -
Population 1,900 993 907
Child (0-6) 167 77 90
Schedule Caste 233 125 108
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.00 % 91.81 % 83.72 %
Total Workers 505 477 28
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 166 156 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.26 % of total population in Balsua village. The village Balsua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balsua village out of total population, 505 were engaged in work activities. 67.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 505 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.