# Balloke Village, Ludhiana (West), Ludhiana – PIN Code, Distance, Map & Facilities

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Village · Ludhiana (West) tehsil · Ludhiana, Punjab 

# Balloke

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Balloke is a village in Ludhiana (West) tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab, PIN code **141005**. It is 4 km by road from Ludhiana and 5 km from Ludhiana city. The 2011 Census counted **6,548 people in 1,407 households**, the 5th largest of 125 villages in the tehsil.

- 6,548people (2011)
- 1,407households
- 84.1%literacy
- 141005PIN code

## Balloke PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balloke is 141005.** Balloke falls in Ludhiana (West) tehsil, Ludhiana district, Punjab.

- PIN code141005
- Vehicle (RTO) codePB-10 / PB-91
- Nearest station codeLDW · Ladhowal
- Census village code033609
- Gram panchayatBalloke, Bachan Singh Nagar

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

STD code: Wikidata. Station code: OpenStreetMap. RTO: district code.

## How to reach Balloke?

Nearest railway station: **Ladhowal**, 5.0 km in a straight line. Transport facts below are from the Census village directory.

- ○Bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○National highway10+ km
- ●Pucca roadIn village
- Nearest stationLadhowal (LDW) · 5.0 km
- Nearest airportSahnewal Airport (LUH) · 18 km

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract 2026-10-28](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## How far is Balloke from nearby cities?

- Ludhiana (tehsil HQ)4 km by road
- Ludhiana (district HQ)5 km by road
- ○Chandigarh98 km straight-line
- ○Jalandhar48 km straight-line
- ○Amritsar116 km straight-line
- ○New Delhi291 km straight-line

Road distances: Census village directory. Straight-line distances from coordinates (OpenStreetMap / GeoNames).

## Nearest hospital, school, bank and more to Balloke

The closest named places mapped around Balloke, with straight-line distance from the village centre.

- HospitalSethi Homeo Clinic & Pharmacy · 0.6 km
- Clinic / doctorDr. Raj Kumar Bansal · 1.5 km
- SchoolKids Castle Pre - School, Ludhiana · 0.6 km
- College / universityPartap College of Education · 1.7 km
- BankAxis Bank Branch · 1.4 km
- ATMAxis Bank ATM · 1.5 km
- Post officeHead Post Office · 5.6 km
- Police stationPau Police Station · 1.3 km
- Bus standISBT Ludhiana · 6.6 km
- PharmacyApollo Pharmacy Pavilion Mall Ludhiana · 1.8 km
- Fuel stationS. Bachan Singh Petrol Pump · 0.6 km
- MarketMadhok Complex · 5.0 km
- GurdwaraGurdwara Sahib · 1.3 km
- TempleKali Mata Mandir · 2.3 km

Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract 2026-10-28](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright); [Overture Maps Foundation places, release 2026-10-21.0 (CDLA-Permissive-2.0, Apache-2.0 or CC0 by source)](https://docs.overturemaps.org/attribution/).

Mapped places only; a closer facility may exist but not be mapped yet.

## What is the population of Balloke?

6,548 residents — 3,469 male, 3,079 female — in 1,407 households, about 4.7 per household.

■ Balloke · ■ Ludhiana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**859

Working population ****30.5%**

**37.1%

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (2%) · **■** Household industry 64 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,533 (77%) · **■** Marginal 296 (15%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6232).

## What facilities are there in Balloke?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Balloke; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 government
- ●Landline telephoneIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Daily newspaper supplyIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jadhon
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ludhiana
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ludhiana
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

Surveyed for reference year 2009; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balloke known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and maize**. About 66% of the land is sown and 118 hectares are irrigated, 100% by tube wells.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

## Women and men in Balloke

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 78.9% for women — a gap of 9.9 points. 48% of men and 11% of women work.

Literacy — men ****88.8%**

Literacy — women ****78.9%**

Working — men ****48%**

Working — women ****11%**

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/6232).

## Schools and health care in Balloke

### Schools in the village

- ●Primary school1 govt

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

## Roads, transport and connectivity in Balloke

- Roads in the villageMajor district road, Other district road, Black-topped (pucca) road, Gravel (kuchha) road, All-weather road, Footpath
- Local transportTractors, Animal carts
- ConnectivityLandline phones, Mobile coverage, Daily newspaper

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

## Sanitation and drainage in Balloke

- ●Drainageopen drains
- ●Total Sanitation Campaign areaYes
- ●Door-to-door waste collectionYes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

## Land, irrigation and power in Balloke

### Land use (hectares)

****

**■** Net sown 118 (66%) · **■** Non-farm use 60 (34%)

### Irrigated area by source (hectares)

**

**■** Tube wells / wells 118 (100%)

### Electricity supply (2011)

- Power for homes12 h summer · 13 h winter
- Power for farms8 h summer · 9 h winter
- Power for shops8 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – Ludhiana](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1002).

## How Balloke ranks

- Population in Ludhiana (West) tehsil5th of 125
- Population in Ludhiana district16th of 885
- Literacy in Ludhiana (West) tehsil31st of 125
- Women's literacy in Ludhiana (West) tehsil36th of 125

Ranks among inhabited villages; Census 2011.

## Weather in Balloke and best time to visit

The most comfortable months are **October to March**, when average temperatures are 12–27 °C and rain is light. May and June are very hot; most rain falls in July and August.

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Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Villages near Balloke

- Chuharpura · 1.4 km · 710 people
- Ladian Khurd · 1.9 km · 1,145 people
- Ladian Kalan · 2.3 km · 802 people
- Baran Hara · 2.5 km · 1,462 people
- Jassian · 2.8 km · 2,673 people
- Rajpura Urf Hussainpura · 2.9 km · 1,117 people

[All 127 villages in Ludhiana (West) tehsil](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/ludhiana/ludhiana-west/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balloke?141005
- Which district is Balloke in?Ludhiana district (Ludhiana (West) tehsil), Punjab
- Which is the nearest railway station to Balloke?Ladhowal (LDW), about 5.0 km away
- How far is Balloke from Ludhiana?5 km by road
- Which is the nearest hospital to Balloke?Sethi Homeo Clinic & Pharmacy, about 0.6 km away (straight-line)
- What is the population of Balloke?6,548 (Census 2011)
- What crops are grown in Balloke?wheat, paddy and maize