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About Balijan Grant Village

Balijan Grant is a large village in Mariani tehsil, in the district of Jorhat, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,559, made up of 1,813 males and 1,746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609.5 hectares hectares.

Balijan Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balijan Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Jorhat
Tehsil Mariani
Area (hectares) 609.5 hectares
Population 3,559
Male Population 1,813
Female Population 1,746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balijan Grant compares

By the 2011 count Balijan Grant is the 5th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents. Its 609.5 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Balijan Grant

Balijan Grant 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 Balijan Grant 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Aasonghum, Abhayporia Gaon, Akahika Village and Akahitu Village. 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.

Common questions about Balijan Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Balijan Grant village had a population of 3,559. That makes it the 5th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents.

Balijan Grant village has 1,813 males and 1,746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balijan Grant has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 985.

Balijan Grant covers 609.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balijan Grant falls under Mariani tehsil of Jorhat district in Assam.

The census record for Balijan Grant notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Balijan Grant is in Mariani tehsil of Jorhat 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.

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

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