# Balla Village, Dasua, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dasua, Hoshiarpur 

# Balla

Balla is a village in Dasua sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144203**. The 2011 Census counted **229 people in 58 households**, the 321st largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.9%.

- 229people (2011)
- 58households
- 84.3%literacy
- 144203PIN code

## Balla PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balla is 144203.** Balla falls in Dasua sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144203
- Gram panchayatBalla
- Community development blockTanda
- Census village code030649

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

## How far is Balla from nearby towns?

- Dasua (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)49 km by road
- Urmar Tanda (nearest town)17 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 Balla?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Balla; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chohan
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jalalpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Urmar Tanda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Urmar Tanda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Balla known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 87% of the 115 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Balla

Of every 100 households in Balla in 2011, 100 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 100 cooked with LPG; 98 had a mobile phone, 78 a two-wheeler and 27 a car.

■ Balla · ■ Dasua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**38%

Tap water ****42%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****100%**

**63%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**35%

Use banking services ****98%**

**85%

Television ****98%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****98%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****17%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****78%**

**55%

Car / jeep / van ****27%**

**10%

None of these assets ****0%**

**3%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Balla?

■ Balla · ■ Dasua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**83.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****583**

**827

Working population ****24.9%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 81.1% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 14 (25%) · **■** Marginal 2 (4%)

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 Dasua

- Granthpur252 people
- Kolian245 people
- Khokhar240 people
- Jhajji Pind232 people
- Malhian229 people
- Salahpur229 people
- Shekhupur Kalan226 people
- Alawal Isa223 people

[All 398 villages in Dasua](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/dasua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balla?144203
- How far is Balla from Hoshiarpur?49 km by road
- What is the population of Balla?229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balla in?Hoshiarpur district (Dasua sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Balla?84.3% (Census 2011)