# Balijan Forest Gaon Village, Margherita, Tinsukia (Assam) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/tinsukia/margherita/balijan-forest-gaon/ Village · Margherita, Tinsukia # Balijan Forest Gaon Balijan Forest Gaon is a village in Margherita sub-district of Tinsukia district, Assam, PIN code **786171**. The 2011 Census counted **4,368 people in 933 households**, the 6th largest of 314 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%. - 4,368people (2011) - 933households - 81.7%literacy - 786171PIN code ## Balijan Forest Gaon PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Balijan Forest Gaon is 786171.** Balijan Forest Gaon falls in Margherita sub-district, Tinsukia district, Assam. - PIN code786171 - Gram panchayatBarebil - Community development blockMargherita - Census village code291056 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Balijan Forest Gaon from nearby towns? - Tinsukia (district HQ)36 km by road - Digboi (nearest town)3 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 Forest Gaon? 17 services counted by the Census are inside Balijan Forest Gaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Digboi - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Digboi - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tinsukia - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)21 h summer · 22 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 Forest Gaon known for? The main crops are **rice**. About 71% of the 368 hectares of village land is sown. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Balijan Forest Gaon Of every 100 households in Balijan Forest Gaon in 2011, 69 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 7 a car. ■ Balijan Forest Gaon · ■ Margherita rural average Electricity for lighting ****69%** **58% Toilet within the home ****78%** **78% No toilet (open defecation) ****22%** **20% Tap water ****25%** **8% Drinking water within premises ****66%** **56% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%** **14% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%** **83% Use banking services ****72%** **42% Television ****45%** **37% Mobile phone ****50%** **42% Computer with internet ****2%** **1% Two-wheeler ****21%** **11% Car / jeep / van ****7%** **4% None of these assets ****16%** **20% Own their home ****92%** **72% 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 Forest Gaon? ■ Balijan Forest Gaon · ■ Margherita rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%** **67.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937** **956 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912** **969 Working population ****36.4%** **43.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.9% for men and 77.2% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 286 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (6%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 869 (55%) · **■** Marginal 336 (21%) 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 Margherita - Udoipur No.35,261 people - Dihing T.E.4,916 people - Parbatipur Gaon4,406 people - Pengerigarh Grant No.934,378 people - Namphoi Forest Village4,152 people - Dirak No.13,996 people - Golai Gaon No.13,996 people - Borbil Gaon No.23,903 people [All 314 villages in Margherita](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/tinsukia/margherita/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Balijan Forest Gaon?786171 - How far is Balijan Forest Gaon from Tinsukia?36 km by road - What is the population of Balijan Forest Gaon?4,368 (Census 2011) - Which district is Balijan Forest Gaon in?Tinsukia district (Margherita sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Balijan Forest Gaon?81.7% (Census 2011)