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About Blom Village

Blom is a small village in Hayuliang tehsil, in the district of Anjaw, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 9 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 792102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Blom Overview

Census 2011 figures for Blom village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Anjaw
Tehsil Hayuliang
Pincode 792102
Population 16
Male Population 9
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Blom compares

By the 2011 count Blom is the 49th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 95 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Blom

Blom is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Blom as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Blom from other places

Blom lies about 14 km from Anjaw, and the nearest railway station is Dangari, about 108 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Blom
Tehsil headquarters Hayuliang 4.4 km
District headquarters Anjaw 14 km
Nearest railway station Dangari 108 km
Nearest town Dum Duma 116 km

Villages closest to Blom

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hayuliang tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Blom

As per the Census of India 2011, Blom village had a population of 16. That makes it the 49th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 95 residents.

Blom village has 9 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Blom has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Blom is 792102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Blom falls under Hayuliang tehsil of Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Blom is Dangari, about 108 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Blom.

Blom is about 14 km from Anjaw in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Blom is in Hayuliang tehsil of Anjaw district. Hayuliang is about 4.4 km away. Anjaw is about 14 km away. Dangari is about 108 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talang (under 2 km), Kongra (1.7 km) and Khugam (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Blom today is likely to be higher.

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