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About Balikuchi Village

Balikuchi is a small village in Rangia tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 80 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.23 hectares hectares.

Balikuchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balikuchi village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Rangia
Area (hectares) 99.23 hectares
Population 145
Male Population 80
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 812
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balikuchi compares

By the 2011 count Balikuchi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,541 residents. Its 99.23 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Balikuchi

Balikuchi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balikuchi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balikuchi from other places

Balikuchi lies about 54 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Khoirabari, about 13 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 Balikuchi
Nearest railway station Khoirabari 13 km
Nearest town Mangaldai 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Rangia 28 km
District headquarters Baksa 54 km

Villages closest to Balikuchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balikuchi village had a population of 145. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,541 residents.

Balikuchi village has 80 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balikuchi has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Balikuchi covers 99.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balikuchi falls under Rangia tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balikuchi is Khoirabari, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balikuchi.

Balikuchi is about 54 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balikuchi is in Rangia tehsil of Baksa district. Khoirabari is about 13 km away. Mangaldai is about 16 km away. Rangia is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanikuchi (under 2 km), Panara (7.0 km) and Titkuri No 1 (19 km).

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

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