About Biliya Village

Biliya is a small village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 238 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1641.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biliya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biliya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345021
Area (hectares)	1641.2 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	238
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
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 Biliya compares

By the 2011 count Biliya is the 198th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 1641.2 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Biliya

Biliya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Biliya 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 Biliya from other places

Biliya lies about 96 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ashapura Gomat, about 4.9 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 Biliya
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Ashapura Gomat	4.9 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	96 km

Villages closest to Biliya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokaran 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 Biliya

As per the Census of India 2011, Biliya village had a population of 439. That makes it the 198th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Biliya village has 238 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biliya has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Biliya is 345021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biliya covers 1641.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Biliya falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Biliya is Ashapura Gomat, about 4.9 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 Biliya.

Biliya is about 96 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biliya is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Pokaran is about 4.1 km away. Ashapura Gomat is about 4.9 km away. Jaisalmer is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.