# Balotar Village, Pathankot, Gurdaspur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Pathankot, Gurdaspur 

# Balotar

Balotar is a village in Pathankot sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **405026**. The 2011 Census counted **262 people in 59 households**, the 284th largest of 336 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 262people (2011)
- 59households
- 79.8%literacy
- 405026PIN code

## Balotar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balotar is 405026.** Balotar falls in Pathankot sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code405026
- Gram panchayatBalotar
- Community development blockBamial
- Census village code027688

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

## How far is Balotar from nearby towns?

- Pathankot (sub-district HQ)33 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)45 km by road
- Pathankot (nearest town)28 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 Balotar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Fatehpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pathankot
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bamyal
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Balotar known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 94% of the 108 hectares of village land is sown, and 101 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 Balotar

Of every 100 households in Balotar in 2011, 93 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Balotar · ■ Pathankot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**68%

Tap water ****17%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**81%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**44%

Use banking services ****41%**

**67%

Television ****56%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**37%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****14%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Balotar?

■ Balotar · ■ Pathankot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**828

Working population ****25.2%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 75.9% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 24 (36%) · **■** Other work 36 (55%) · **■** Marginal 6 (9%)

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 Pathankot

- Sharaf Chak278 people
- Napwal273 people
- Chak Paswala267 people
- Sarota264 people
- Haibo256 people
- Nagrota255 people
- Gohla251 people
- Katani245 people

[All 370 villages in Pathankot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/pathankot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balotar?405026
- How far is Balotar from Gurdaspur?45 km by road
- What is the population of Balotar?262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balotar in?Gurdaspur district (Pathankot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Balotar?79.8% (Census 2011)