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About Dakshinburi Khamar Village

Dakshinburi Khamar is a mid sized village in Barnagar tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 647 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.87 hectares hectares.

Dakshinburi Khamar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshinburi Khamar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Barpeta
Tehsil Barnagar
Area (hectares) 292.87 hectares
Population 1,308
Male Population 647
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dakshinburi Khamar compares

By the 2011 count Dakshinburi Khamar is the 53rd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,905 residents. Its 292.87 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Dakshinburi Khamar

Dakshinburi Khamar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dakshinburi Khamar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakshinburi Khamar from other places

Dakshinburi Khamar lies about 28 km from Barpeta, and the nearest railway station is Sorbhog, about 6.5 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 Dakshinburi Khamar
Nearest railway station Sorbhog 6.5 km
Nearest town Barpeta Road 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Barnagar 28 km
District headquarters Barpeta 28 km

Villages closest to Dakshinburi Khamar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barnagar 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 Dakshinburi Khamar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshinburi Khamar village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,905 residents.

Dakshinburi Khamar village has 647 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshinburi Khamar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Dakshinburi Khamar covers 292.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshinburi Khamar falls under Barnagar tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dakshinburi Khamar is Sorbhog, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Dakshinburi Khamar is about 28 km from Barpeta in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshinburi Khamar is in Barnagar tehsil of Barpeta district. Sorbhog is about 6.5 km away. Barpeta Road is about 8.8 km away. Barnagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ahom Pathar (5.1 km), Uttar Athiabari (6.9 km) and Sarbhog (7.2 km).

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

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