# Balijan Grant Village, Mariani, Jorhat (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Mariani, Jorhat 

# Balijan Grant

Balijan Grant is a village in Mariani sub-district of Jorhat district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **3,559 people in 798 households**, the 5th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 3,559people (2011)
- 798households
- 67.5%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Balijan Grant PIN code and other codes

Balijan Grant falls in Mariani sub-district, Jorhat district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBalijan
- Community development blockJorhat East
- Census village code294102

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balijan Grant from nearby towns?

- Mariani (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Jorhat (district HQ)35 km by road
- Mariani (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balijan Grant?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Balijan Grant; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Mariani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mariani
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 11 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balijan Grant known for?

The main crops are **rice**. 

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balijan Grant

Of every 100 households in Balijan Grant in 2011, 32 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balijan Grant · ■ Mariani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**46%

Tap water ****9%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**86%

Use banking services ****29%**

**43%

Television ****22%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**20%

Own their home ****73%**

**77%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balijan Grant?

■ Balijan Grant · ■ Mariani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**990

Working population ****50.2%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 59.1% for women. 59% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (19%) · **■** Household industry 72 (4%) · **■** Other work 637 (36%) · **■** Marginal 638 (36%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mariani

- Mariani Grant6,494 people
- Nagadholi4,866 people
- No.163 Grant4,484 people
- No.264 Grant3,806 people
- Kathalguri T.E.3,174 people
- Doklongia T.E.3,115 people
- No.1 Naginijan Grant2,887 people
- Holong Gori Chah Bagisa2,701 people

[All 85 villages in Mariani](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/jorhat/mariani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balijan Grant from Jorhat?35 km by road
- What is the population of Balijan Grant?3,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balijan Grant in?Jorhat district (Mariani sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Balijan Grant?67.5% (Census 2011)