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About Khara Dhara Village

Khara Dhara is a mid sized village in Bajali tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,986, made up of 1,019 males and 967 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.63 hectares hectares.

Khara Dhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara Dhara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Barpeta
Tehsil Bajali
Area (hectares) 351.63 hectares
Population 1,986
Male Population 1,019
Female Population 967
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khara Dhara compares

By the 2011 count Khara Dhara is the 10th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents. Its 351.63 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Khara Dhara

Khara Dhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khara Dhara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khara Dhara from other places

Khara Dhara lies about 12 km from Barpeta, and the nearest railway station is Sorupeta, about 16 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 Khara Dhara
Tehsil headquarters Bajali 12 km
District headquarters Barpeta 12 km
Nearest railway station Sorupeta 16 km

Villages closest to Khara Dhara

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

Common questions about Khara Dhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khara Dhara village had a population of 1,986. That makes it the 10th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents.

Khara Dhara village has 1,019 males and 967 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara Dhara has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Khara Dhara covers 351.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khara Dhara falls under Bajali tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Khara Dhara is Sorupeta, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khara Dhara.

Khara Dhara is about 12 km from Barpeta in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara Dhara is in Bajali tehsil of Barpeta district. Bajali is about 12 km away. Barpeta is about 12 km away. Sorupeta is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamunpara (8.2 km), Niz Sathi Samukha (8.2 km) and Bania Gaon (9.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khara Dhara today is likely to be higher.

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