About Bengalijan Village

Bengalijan is a mid sized village in Subansiri tehsil, in the district of Dhemaji, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 294 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares.

Bengalijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bengalijan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dhemaji
Tehsil	Subansiri
Area (hectares)	282 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	294
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bengalijan compares

By the 2011 count Bengalijan is the 55th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Bengalijan

Bengalijan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bengalijan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bengalijan from other places

Bengalijan 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 Bengalijan
Nearest railway station	Subansiri	3.5 km
Nearest town	North Lakhimpur	30 km
District headquarters	Dhemaji	30 km

Villages closest to Bengalijan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bengalijan village had a population of 575. That makes it the 55th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Bengalijan village has 294 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bengalijan has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Bengalijan covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bengalijan falls under Subansiri tehsil of Dhemaji district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bengalijan 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bengalijan.

Bengalijan 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.

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