Baloke

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Baloke
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Baloke
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Baloke
Baloke (India)
Coordinates: 30°23′10″N75°18′29″E / 30.386009°N 75.3079641°E / 30.386009; 75.3079641 Coordinates: 30°23′10″N75°18′29″E / 30.386009°N 75.3079641°E / 30.386009; 75.3079641
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Punjab
District Barnala
Tehsil Tapa
Languages
  Official Punjabi
  Other spoken Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin code
148108
Telephone code 01679
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-19

Baloke is a village situated in the Barnala district, Punjab, India. [1] As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,303 persons.

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Administration and literacy

The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of the village as per the constitution of India and the Panchayati raj. [2] The village falls under the Tapa Tehsil and is governed by a tahsildar. [2] The village is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) distance from the sub-district headquarters of Tapa Tehsil and about 22 kilometres (14 mi) distance from the district headquarters of Barnala. [3] As per the 2011 census, out of a population of 1,303 people, 693 are literate and 610 are illiterate; Baloke's literacy rate is 59.64%, which is lower than the average of 75.84% in the state of Punjab. The male literacy rate stands at 60.48% and the female literacy rate at 58.67%. [1]

Demography

Per the 2011 census, Baloke had 254 houses with a population of 1,303, consisting of 694 males and 609 females. [2] The population of children aged 0–6 was 141, making up 10.82% of the total population of the village. [2] The average sex ratio was 878 out of 1000, which is lower than the state average of 895 out of 1000. [2] The child sex ratio in the village was 905 out of 1000, which is higher than the average of 846 out of 1000 in the state of Punjab. [2] The total Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in the village was 414 people and all were Scheduled Castes. There are no people of the Scheduled Tribe in the village. [1] The village's total geographical area is about 679.08 hectares. [3]

Notable people

Baloke village is the birthplace of Satnam Singh Bhamara, the first Indian to be drafted into the National Basketball Association in North America. [4] [5]

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