About Bongaon Village

Bongaon is a mid sized village in Baganpara tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,281, made up of 648 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.58 hectares hectares.

Bongaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Baksa
Tehsil	Baganpara
Area (hectares)	251.58 hectares
Population	1,281
Male Population	648
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Bongaon compares

By the 2011 count Bongaon is the 25th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 251.58 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Bongaon

Bongaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bongaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bongaon from other places

Bongaon lies about 24 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Kaithalkuchi, about 3.9 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 Bongaon
Nearest railway station	Kaithalkuchi	3.9 km
Nearest town	Nalbāri	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baganpara	24 km
District headquarters	Baksa	24 km

Villages closest to Bongaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongaon village had a population of 1,281. That makes it the 25th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Bongaon village has 648 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongaon has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Bongaon covers 251.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bongaon falls under Baganpara tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bongaon is Kaithalkuchi, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bongaon.

Bongaon is about 24 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongaon is in Baganpara tehsil of Baksa district. Kaithalkuchi is about 3.9 km away. Nalbāri is about 11 km away. Baganpara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.