About Balikhatia Village

Balikhatia is a large village in Sonari tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,303, made up of 1,163 males and 1,140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.83 hectares hectares.

How Balikhatia compares

By the 2011 count Balikhatia is the 26th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents. Its 417.83 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Balikhatia

Balikhatia 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 Balikhatia 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 Bahalhabi Gaon, Bahbari Gaon, Bahbari Pothar and Bairagi Habi. 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.