About Upper Balijan Village

Upper Balijan is a mid sized village in Helem tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 679, made up of 337 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16 hectares hectares.

Upper Balijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Upper Balijan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Tehsil	Helem
Area (hectares)	16 hectares
Population	679
Male Population	337
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
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 Upper Balijan compares

By the 2011 count Upper Balijan is the 81st largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 16 hectares work out to about 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Upper Balijan

Upper Balijan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Upper 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 Upper Balijan from other places

Upper Balijan 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 Upper Balijan
Nearest railway station	Helem	9.6 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	19 km
District headquarters	Sonitpur	106 km

Villages closest to Upper Balijan

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 Upper Balijan

As per the Census of India 2011, Upper Balijan village had a population of 679. That makes it the 81st largest of the 203 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Upper Balijan village has 337 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Upper Balijan has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Upper Balijan covers 16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Upper Balijan falls under Helem tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Upper Balijan is Helem, about 9.6 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 Upper Balijan.

Upper Balijan 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.

Upper Balijan 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.