Balewal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Balewal is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 375 families residing. The Balewal village has population of 2102 of which 1111 are males while 991 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balewal village population of children with age 0-6 is 285 which makes up 13.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balewal village is 892 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balewal as per census is 815, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balewal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balewal village was 69.73 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balewal Male literacy stands at 73.38 % while female literacy rate was 65.70 %.

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

Balewal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	375	-	-
Population	2,102	1,111	991
Child (0-6)	285	157	128
Schedule Caste	814	437	377
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.73 %	73.38 %	65.70 %
Total Workers	600	568	32
Main Worker	566	-	-
Marginal Worker	34	25	9

Caste Factor

In Balewal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.73 % of total population in Balewal village. The village Balewal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balewal village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 94.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.