# Baluwala Village, Vikasnagar, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Vikasnagar, Dehradun 

# Baluwala

Baluwala is a village in Vikasnagar sub-district of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,492 people in 288 households**, the 61st largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.7%.

- 1,492people (2011)
- 288households
- 79.9%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baluwala

Of every 100 households in Baluwala in 2011, 98 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 45 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Baluwala · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**27%

Tap water ****99%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****45%**

**43%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**54%

Use banking services ****74%**

**74%

Television ****68%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****8%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**88%

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 Baluwala?

■ Baluwala · ■ Vikasnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**76.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**929

Working population ****25.4%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 72.2% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 243 (64%) · **■** Marginal 58 (15%)

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 Vikasnagar

- Bakhtawarpur Grant1,657 people
- Jatowala1,639 people
- Kolhupani1,618 people
- Polio Nathuwala1,611 people
- Ambiwala1,456 people
- Parteetpur Kalyanpur1,393 people
- Manduwala1,387 people
- Barwa1,273 people

[All 141 villages in Vikasnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/dehradun/vikasnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baluwala?1,492 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baluwala in?Dehradun district (Vikasnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Baluwala?79.9% (Census 2011)