| Baloke | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 30.386°N 75.308°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Barnala |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tapa |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Other spoken |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Pin code |
| Postal Code: | 148108 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01679 |
| Registration Plate: | PB-19 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
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.
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. The village falls under the Tapa Tehsil and is governed by a tahsildar. The village is about distance from the sub-district headquarters of Tapa Tehsil and about distance from the district headquarters of Barnala. 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]
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]
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]