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About Balijan Nishi Village

Balijan Nishi is a small village in Balijan tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 204 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Balijan Nishi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balijan Nishi village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Papum Pare
Tehsil Balijan
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 204
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balijan Nishi compares

By the 2011 count Balijan Nishi is the 6th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 257 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Balijan Nishi

The census records public bus service for Balijan Nishi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balijan Nishi from other places

Balijan Nishi lies about 26 km from Papum Pare, and the nearest railway station is Helem, about 9.8 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 Balijan Nishi
Tehsil headquarters Balijan under 2 km
Nearest railway station Helem 9.8 km
Nearest town Itanagar 19 km
District headquarters Papum Pare 26 km

Villages closest to Balijan Nishi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balijan 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 Balijan Nishi

As per the Census of India 2011, Balijan Nishi village had a population of 413. That makes it the 6th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 257 residents.

Balijan Nishi village has 204 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balijan Nishi has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Balijan Nishi covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balijan Nishi falls under Balijan tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balijan Nishi is Helem, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balijan Nishi.

Balijan Nishi is about 26 km from Papum Pare in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balijan Nishi is in Balijan tehsil of Papum Pare district. Balijan is about under 2 km away. Helem is about 9.8 km away. Itanagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balijan H Q (under 2 km), Balijan Karbi (under 2 km) and Daflagarh Forest Camp (3.9 km).

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

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