# Bala Chak Village, Baba Bakala, Amritsar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Baba Bakala, Amritsar 

# Bala Chak

Bala Chak is a village in Baba Bakala sub-district of Amritsar district, Punjab, PIN code **143119**. The 2011 Census counted **464 people in 85 households**, the 134th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 464people (2011)
- 85households
- 69.4%literacy
- 143119PIN code

## Bala Chak PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bala Chak is 143119.** Bala Chak falls in Baba Bakala sub-district, Amritsar district, Punjab.

- PIN code143119
- Gram panchayatBala Chak Mashmula Khaira
- Community development blockTarsika
- Census village code037768

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

## How far is Bala Chak from nearby towns?

- Baba Bakala (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Amritsar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Jandiala (nearest town)13 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 Bala Chak?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bala Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sarai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Baba Bakala
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Amritsar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Bala Chak known for?

The main crops are **wheat, rice and maize**. About 85% of the 110 hectares of village land is sown, and 94 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 Bala Chak

Of every 100 households in Bala Chak in 2011, 99 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bala Chak · ■ Baba Bakala rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**28%

Tap water ****13%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**94%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**43%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**52%

Use banking services ****13%**

**67%

Television ****79%**

**85%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**47%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**8%

None of these assets ****1%**

**4%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Bala Chak?

■ Bala Chak · ■ Baba Bakala rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**804

Working population ****31.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 65.6% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 15 (10%) · **■** Other work 29 (20%) · **■** Marginal 65 (45%)

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 Baba Bakala

- Tapiala500 people
- Sarai493 people
- Rasulpur Khurd491 people
- Kot Hayat478 people
- Berianwala464 people
- Pannuwan443 people
- Kazikot431 people
- Jiwan Pandher422 people

[All 153 villages in Baba Bakala](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/amritsar/baba-bakala/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bala Chak?143119
- How far is Bala Chak from Amritsar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Bala Chak?464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bala Chak in?Amritsar district (Baba Bakala sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Bala Chak?69.4% (Census 2011)