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About Balichara Grant Pt I Village

Balichara Grant Pt I is a mid sized village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 291 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.94 hectares hectares.

Balichara Grant Pt I Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balichara Grant Pt I village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Silchar
Area (hectares) 195.94 hectares
Population 589
Male Population 291
Female Population 298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balichara Grant Pt I compares

By the 2011 count Balichara Grant Pt I is the 190th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 195.94 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Balichara Grant Pt I

Balichara Grant Pt I is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balichara Grant Pt I as Available within village. 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 Balichara Grant Pt I from other places

Balichara Grant Pt I lies about 2.7 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Bhasha Shahid, about 4.3 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 Balichara Grant Pt I
District headquarters Cachar 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Silchar 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Bhasha Shahid 4.3 km

Villages closest to Balichara Grant Pt I

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Silchar 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 Balichara Grant Pt I

As per the Census of India 2011, Balichara Grant Pt I village had a population of 589. That makes it the 190th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Balichara Grant Pt I village has 291 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balichara Grant Pt I has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Balichara Grant Pt I covers 195.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balichara Grant Pt I falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balichara Grant Pt I is Bhasha Shahid, about 4.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balichara Grant Pt I.

Balichara Grant Pt I is about 2.7 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balichara Grant Pt I is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. Cachar is about 2.7 km away. Silchar is about 3.7 km away. Bhasha Shahid is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abongchara Grant Pt I (under 2 km), Bajantipur Pt I (under 2 km) and Banglaghat Pt I (under 2 km).

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

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