# Balso Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Balso

Balso is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **654 people in 143 households**, the 27th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 654people (2011)
- 143households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,327females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balso

Of every 100 households in Balso in 2011, 54 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balso · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**63%

Tap water ****75%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**74%

Use banking services ****76%**

**75%

Television ****23%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Balso?

■ Balso · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1327**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**877

Working population ****57.0%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 63.4% for women. 47% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 284 (76%) · **■** Other work 38 (10%) · **■** Marginal 51 (14%)

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 Lohaghat

- Sigda772 people
- Chauri Bhat760 people
- Binda Tiwari730 people
- Jankande702 people
- Malla Bapru645 people
- Bapru Talla641 people
- Mau639 people
- Dyartoli632 people

[All 287 villages in Lohaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/champawat/lohaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balso?654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balso in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Balso?74.6% (Census 2011)