# Dhak Balaloan Village, Phagwara, Kapurthala (Punjab)

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Village · Phagwara, Kapurthala 

# Dhak Balaloan

Dhak Balaloan is a village in Phagwara sub-district of Kapurthala district, Punjab, PIN code **144401**. The 2011 Census counted **405 people in 73 households**, the 78th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.8%.

- 405people (2011)
- 73households
- 80.2%literacy
- 144401PIN code

## Dhak Balaloan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dhak Balaloan is 144401.** Dhak Balaloan falls in Phagwara sub-district, Kapurthala district, Punjab.

- PIN code144401
- Gram panchayatBalaloan
- Community development blockPhagwara
- Census village code029611

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

## How far is Dhak Balaloan from nearby towns?

- Phagwara (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Kapurthala (district HQ)42 km by road
- Phagwara (nearest town)12 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 Dhak Balaloan?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Dhak Balaloan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Phagwara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Phagwara
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Phagwara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 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 library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Dhak Balaloan known for?

The main crops are **maize, paddy and wheat**. About 92% of the 144 hectares of village land is sown, and 132 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 Dhak Balaloan

Of every 100 households in Dhak Balaloan in 2011, 100 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 55 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 62 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhak Balaloan · ■ Phagwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**21%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****55%**

**57%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**39%

Use banking services ****90%**

**77%

Television ****93%**

**89%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****62%**

**50%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Own their home ****99%**

**90%

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 Dhak Balaloan?

■ Dhak Balaloan · ■ Phagwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**80.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1098**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1769**

**905

Working population ****37.8%**

**33.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 74.1% for women. 63% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 42 (27%) · **■** Household industry 12 (8%) · **■** Other work 72 (47%) · **■** Marginal 27 (18%)

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 Phagwara

- Kishan Pur471 people
- Gulabgarh Zagir465 people
- Narangpur450 people
- Bir Pwahad440 people
- Pandori369 people
- Dhak Bhulla Rai367 people
- Fatehgarh322 people
- Kirpalpur312 people

[All 112 villages in Phagwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/kapurthala/phagwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dhak Balaloan?144401
- How far is Dhak Balaloan from Kapurthala?42 km by road
- What is the population of Dhak Balaloan?405 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhak Balaloan in?Kapurthala district (Phagwara sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Dhak Balaloan?80.2% (Census 2011)
