About Jala Gaon Village

Jala Gaon is a mid sized village in Jalah tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,310, made up of 662 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.7 hectares hectares.

Jala Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jala Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Baksa
Tehsil	Jalah
Area (hectares)	297.7 hectares
Population	1,310
Male Population	662
Female Population	648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Jala Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Jala Gaon is the 32nd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 297.7 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Jala Gaon

Jala Gaon 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 Jala Gaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jala Gaon from other places

Jala Gaon lies about 82 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 3.6 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 Jala Gaon
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	3.6 km
Nearest town	Guwahati	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalah	28 km
District headquarters	Baksa	82 km

Villages closest to Jala Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalah 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 Jala Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Jala Gaon village had a population of 1,310. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Jala Gaon village has 662 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jala Gaon has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Jala Gaon covers 297.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jala Gaon falls under Jalah tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Jala Gaon is Kamalajari, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jala Gaon.

Jala Gaon is about 82 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jala Gaon is in Jalah tehsil of Baksa district. Kamalajari is about 3.6 km away. Guwahati is about 23 km away. Jalah is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.