About Balijan Village

Balijan is a mid sized village in Sissibargaon tehsil, in the district of Dhemaji, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 618, made up of 326 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balijan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dhemaji
Tehsil	Sissibargaon
Pincode	786110
Area (hectares)	257.1 hectares
Population	618
Male Population	326
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Balijan compares

By the 2011 count Balijan is the 119th largest of the 370 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 257.1 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Balijan

Balijan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balijan 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 Balijan from other places

Balijan lies about 30 km from Dhemaji, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, about 3.5 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
Nearest railway station	Subansiri	3.5 km
Nearest town	North Lakhimpur	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sissibargaon	30 km
District headquarters	Dhemaji	30 km

Villages closest to Balijan

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

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Common questions about Balijan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balijan village had a population of 618. That makes it the 119th largest of the 370 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Balijan village has 326 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balijan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Balijan is 786110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balijan covers 257.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balijan falls under Sissibargaon tehsil of Dhemaji district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balijan is Subansiri, about 3.5 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 Balijan.

Balijan is about 30 km from Dhemaji in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balijan is in Sissibargaon tehsil of Dhemaji district. Subansiri is about 3.5 km away. North Lakhimpur is about 30 km away. Sissibargaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.