About Balijan Village

Balijan is a small village in Silonijan tehsil, in the district of Karbi Anglong, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 138 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares.

Balijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balijan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Karbi Anglong
Tehsil	Silonijan
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	263
Male Population	138
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
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 91st largest of the 338 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 259 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

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 47 km from Karbi Anglong, and the nearest railway station is Bhilgaon, about 20 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
Tehsil headquarters	Silonijan	17 km
Nearest railway station	Bhilgaon	20 km
Nearest town	Golāghāt	22 km
District headquarters	Karbi Anglong	47 km

Villages closest to Balijan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Silonijan 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 263. That makes it the 91st largest of the 338 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 259 residents.

Balijan village has 138 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balijan has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Balijan covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balijan falls under Silonijan tehsil of Karbi Anglong district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balijan is Bhilgaon, about 20 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 47 km from Karbi Anglong in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balijan is in Silonijan tehsil of Karbi Anglong district. Silonijan is about 17 km away. Bhilgaon is about 20 km away. Golāghāt is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.