About Balijan Ban Gaon Village

Balijan Ban Gaon is a mid sized village in Helem tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,681, made up of 837 males and 844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 784172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balijan Ban Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balijan Ban Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Tehsil	Helem
Pincode	784172
Area (hectares)	327 hectares
Population	1,681
Male Population	837
Female Population	844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balijan Ban Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Balijan Ban Gaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 327 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Balijan Ban Gaon

Balijan Ban Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balijan Ban Gaon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balijan Ban Gaon from other places

Balijan Ban Gaon lies about 106 km from Sonitpur, and the nearest railway station is Helem, about 9.6 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 Ban Gaon
Nearest railway station	Helem	9.6 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	19 km
District headquarters	Sonitpur	106 km

Villages closest to Balijan Ban Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Helem 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 Ban Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Balijan Ban Gaon village had a population of 1,681. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Balijan Ban Gaon village has 837 males and 844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balijan Ban Gaon has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Balijan Ban Gaon is 784172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balijan Ban Gaon covers 327 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balijan Ban Gaon falls under Helem tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balijan Ban Gaon is Helem, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balijan Ban Gaon.

Balijan Ban Gaon is about 106 km from Sonitpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balijan Ban Gaon is in Helem tehsil of Sonitpur district. Helem is about 9.6 km away. Itanagar is about 19 km away. Sonitpur is about 106 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.