Balaspur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Balaspur is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 165 families residing. The Balaspur village has population of 755 of which 380 are males while 375 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balaspur village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 8.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balaspur village is 987 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balaspur as per census is 1346, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Balaspur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balaspur village was 87.46 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balaspur Male literacy stands at 92.09 % while female literacy rate was 82.65 %.

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

Balaspur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	165	-	-
Population	755	380	375
Child (0-6)	61	26	35
Schedule Caste	333	166	167
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.46 %	92.09 %	82.65 %
Total Workers	226	203	23
Main Worker	208	-	-
Marginal Worker	18	15	3

Caste Factor

In Balaspur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.11 % of total population in Balaspur village. The village Balaspur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balaspur village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 92.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.