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About Era Gaon Village

Era Gaon is a small village in Sarthebari tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 244 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.56 hectares hectares.

Era Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Era Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Barpeta
Tehsil Sarthebari
Area (hectares) 93.56 hectares
Population 492
Male Population 244
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Era Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Era Gaon is the 98th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,482 residents. Its 93.56 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Era Gaon

Era Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Era Gaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Era Gaon from other places

Era Gaon lies about 3.1 km from Barpeta, and the nearest railway station is Guagachha Halt, about 20 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 Era Gaon
District headquarters Barpeta 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarthebari 19 km
Nearest railway station Guagachha Halt 20 km

Villages closest to Era Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Era Gaon village had a population of 492. That makes it the 98th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,482 residents.

Era Gaon village has 244 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Era Gaon has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Era Gaon covers 93.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Era Gaon falls under Sarthebari tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Era Gaon is Guagachha Halt, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Era Gaon.

Era Gaon is about 3.1 km from Barpeta in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Era Gaon is in Sarthebari tehsil of Barpeta district. Barpeta is about 3.1 km away. Sarthebari is about 19 km away. Guagachha Halt is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amda Gaon (under 2 km), Bhera Gaon (under 2 km) and Na Kuchi (under 2 km).

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

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