About Balajan Village

Balajan is a large village in Golokganj tehsil, in the district of Dhubri, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,856, made up of 2,490 males and 2,366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 783331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balajan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dhubri
Tehsil	Golokganj
Pincode	783331
Area (hectares)	300.01 hectares
Population	4,856
Male Population	2,490
Female Population	2,366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balajan compares

By the 2011 count Balajan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,486 residents. Its 300.01 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Balajan

Balajan 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 Balajan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balajan from other places

Balajan lies about 15 km from Dhubri, and the nearest railway station is Alamganj, about 7.2 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 Balajan
Nearest railway station	Alamganj	7.2 km
Nearest town	Gauripur	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Golokganj	15 km
District headquarters	Dhubri	15 km

Villages closest to Balajan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balajan village had a population of 4,856. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,486 residents.

Balajan village has 2,490 males and 2,366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balajan has about 950 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 944.

The pincode recorded for Balajan is 783331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balajan covers 300.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balajan falls under Golokganj tehsil of Dhubri district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balajan is Alamganj, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Balajan is about 15 km from Dhubri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balajan is in Golokganj tehsil of Dhubri district. Alamganj is about 7.2 km away. Gauripur is about 7.8 km away. Golokganj is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.