Balnau Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Balnau is a medium size village located in Shahkot Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 145 families residing. The Balnau village has population of 817 of which 443 are males while 374 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balnau village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 9.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balnau village is 844 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balnau as per census is 717, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balnau village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balnau village was 72.22 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balnau Male literacy stands at 76.83 % while female literacy rate was 66.86 %.

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

Balnau Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	145	-	-
Population	817	443	374
Child (0-6)	79	46	33
Schedule Caste	460	245	215
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.22 %	76.83 %	66.86 %
Total Workers	290	264	26
Main Worker	272	-	-
Marginal Worker	18	13	5

Caste Factor

In Balnau village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.30 % of total population in Balnau village. The village Balnau currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balnau village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 93.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 138 were Agricultural labourer.