# Balu Village, Nakur, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Nakur, Saharanpur 

# Balu

Balu is a village in Nakur sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,855 people in 468 households**, the 55th largest of 334 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,855people (2011)
- 468households
- 68.1%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balu

Of every 100 households in Balu in 2011, 58 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balu · ■ Nakur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**58%

Tap water ****3%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****82%**

**70%

Television ****28%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Balu?

■ Balu · ■ Nakur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**885

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**869

Working population ****38.8%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 55.0% for women. 50% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 251 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (9%) · **■** Marginal 631 (57%)

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 Nakur

- Jageta Najib2,976 people
- Ranyala Dayalpur2,918 people
- Dhola Fatehpur2,876 people
- Kutub Kheri2,857 people
- Kamhera2,818 people
- Jogipura2,770 people
- Mohra2,742 people
- Fatehpur Dhola2,727 people

[All 400 villages in Nakur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/nakur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balu?2,855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balu in?Saharanpur district (Nakur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balu?68.1% (Census 2011)