About Balighat Village

Balighat is a large village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,765, made up of 1,391 males and 1,374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.64 hectares hectares.

Balighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balighat village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Tehsil	Silchar
Area (hectares)	62.64 hectares
Population	2,765
Male Population	1,391
Female Population	1,374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balighat compares

By the 2011 count Balighat is the 40th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 62.64 hectares work out to about 44 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Balighat

Balighat is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balighat 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 village. The nearest villages by name are Bajantipur Pt I, Bajantipur Pt Ii, Bajantipur Pt Iii and Balichara Grant Pt I. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

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Common questions about Balighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Balighat village had a population of 2,765. That makes it the 40th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Balighat village has 1,391 males and 1,374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balighat has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Balighat covers 62.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 44 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balighat falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The census record for Balighat notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

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

Balighat is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.