# Balaggan Village, Ajnala, Amritsar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Ajnala, Amritsar 

# Balaggan

Balaggan is a village in Ajnala sub-district of Amritsar district, Punjab, PIN code **143101**. The 2011 Census counted **1,531 people in 281 households**, the 76th largest of 311 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,531people (2011)
- 281households
- 60.2%literacy
- 143101PIN code

## Balaggan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balaggan is 143101.** Balaggan falls in Ajnala sub-district, Amritsar district, Punjab.

- PIN code143101
- Gram panchayatBalaggan
- Community development blockHarsa Chhina
- Census village code037368

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balaggan from nearby towns?

- Ajnala (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Amritsar (district HQ)18 km by road
- Raja Sansi (nearest town)4 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balaggan?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Balaggan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Boparai Khurd
- ○Degree college10+ km · Amritsar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Amritsar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balaggan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, rice and maize**. About 61% of the 334 hectares of village land is sown, and 205 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balaggan

Of every 100 households in Balaggan in 2011, 88 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Balaggan · ■ Ajnala rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**46%

Tap water ****21%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**91%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**75%

Use banking services ****14%**

**46%

Television ****70%**

**75%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**41%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**7%

None of these assets ****13%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balaggan?

■ Balaggan · ■ Ajnala rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****770**

**845

Working population ****34.0%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.7% for men and 55.3% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (17%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 223 (43%) · **■** Marginal 37 (7%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ajnala

- Nangal Wanjhanwala1,555 people
- Kuralian1,552 people
- Lodhi Gujjar1,549 people
- Kandowali1,539 people
- Jauns1,528 people
- Ramdas1,527 people
- Chhina Karam Singh1,514 people
- Khiala Khurd1,507 people

[All 343 villages in Ajnala](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/amritsar/ajnala/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balaggan?143101
- How far is Balaggan from Amritsar?18 km by road
- What is the population of Balaggan?1,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaggan in?Amritsar district (Ajnala sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Balaggan?60.2% (Census 2011)