Balranਬਲਰਾਂ

Where is Balran?

Balran is a village in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moonak, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lehragaga community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039930, and it covers 2,100 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 7,311 people in Balran: 3,872 men and 3,439 women, living in 1,376 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 2,100 hectares, the population density works out to about 348 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 888 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 858, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,061 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.84 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60.01 per cent and women at 49.03 per cent. The census recorded 2,321 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 2,140 main workers, the largest group, 909, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 779 agricultural labourers and 399 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 181 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Balran's land. Of the village's 2,100 hectares, 1,948 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,238 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (710 hectares). About 152 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 942 cultivators and 838 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Balran is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moonak, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Moonak, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gobindpura Papra, Bazidpur, Surjan Bhaini and Karail.

What is the population of Balran?

The population of Balran was 7,311 at the 2011 census, living in 1,376 households in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Balran have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Balran has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.