# Balijan Village, Margherita, Tinsukia (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Margherita, Tinsukia 

# Balijan

Balijan is a village in Margherita sub-district of Tinsukia district, Assam, PIN code **786174**. The 2011 Census counted **582 people in 118 households**, the 159th largest of 314 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 582people (2011)
- 118households
- 49.9%literacy
- 786174PIN code

## Balijan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balijan is 786174.** Balijan falls in Margherita sub-district, Tinsukia district, Assam.

- PIN code786174
- Gram panchayatDuarmara
- Community development blockKakapathar
- Census village code290824

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

## How far is Balijan from nearby towns?

- Margherita (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Tinsukia (district HQ)59 km by road
- Doom Dooma (nearest town)30 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Doomdooma
- ○Degree college10+ km · Doomdooma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tinsukia
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 21 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 known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 50% of the 184 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

Of every 100 households in Balijan in 2011, 34 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balijan · ■ Margherita rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**20%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**83%

Use banking services ****20%**

**42%

Television ****29%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**11%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****31%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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?

■ Balijan · ■ Margherita rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**969

Working population ****42.8%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 34.6% for women. 51% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 65 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 178 (71%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Naya Kuju No 1606 people
- Maichang Pathar585 people
- Pangna Gaon584 people
- Rampur No.2584 people
- Duwarmara Pathar577 people
- Balijan N.C.568 people
- Naya Kuju No.4560 people
- Chikarajan559 people

[All 314 villages in Margherita](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/tinsukia/margherita/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balijan?786174
- How far is Balijan from Tinsukia?59 km by road
- What is the population of Balijan?582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balijan in?Tinsukia district (Margherita sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Balijan?49.9% (Census 2011)