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Balan Population - Patiala, Punjab

Balan is a medium size village located in Patiala Tehsil of Patiala district, Punjab with total 148 families residing. The Balan village has population of 842 of which 450 are males while 392 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balan village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 11.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balan village is 871 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Balan as per census is 818, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Balan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Balan village was 68.60 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Balan Male literacy stands at 77.22 % while female literacy rate was 58.79 %.

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

Balan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 842 450 392
Child (0-6) 100 55 45
Schedule Caste 98 51 47
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.60 % 77.22 % 58.79 %
Total Workers 300 253 47
Main Worker 275 - -
Marginal Worker 25 5 20

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.64 % of total population in Balan village. The village Balan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balan village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 91.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.