# Bal Village, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur 

# Bal

Bal is a village in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **143604**. The 2011 Census counted **179 people in 32 households**, the 113th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 179people (2011)
- 32households
- 63.9%literacy
- 143604PIN code

## Bal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bal is 143604.** Bal falls in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code143604
- Gram panchayatBal
- Community development blockDera Baba Nanak
- Census village code028966

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

## How far is Bal from nearby towns?

- Dera Baba Nanak (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)43 km by road
- Dera Baba Nanak (nearest town)3 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 Bal?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dera Baba Nanak
- ○Degree college10+ km · Qadian
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Qadian
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Bal known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 91% of the 92 hectares of village land is sown, and 84 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 Bal

Of every 100 households in Bal in 2011, 100 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 65 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bal · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**40%

Tap water ****9%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**96%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****65%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****29%**

**58%

Use banking services ****82%**

**57%

Television ****94%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**46%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**6%

None of these assets ****6%**

**5%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Bal?

■ Bal · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.9%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**804

Working population ****30.2%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 58.6% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (7%) · **■** Other work 17 (31%) · **■** Marginal 10 (19%)

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 Dera Baba Nanak

- Gola Dhola247 people
- Tarowali240 people
- Kotli Viran208 people
- Khalilpur191 people
- Rampur161 people
- Haveli Khurd147 people
- Maitla111 people
- Palla Nangal102 people

[All 122 villages in Dera Baba Nanak](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/dera-baba-nanak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bal?143604
- How far is Bal from Gurdaspur?43 km by road
- What is the population of Bal?179 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bal in?Gurdaspur district (Dera Baba Nanak sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Bal?63.9% (Census 2011)