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About Dangaigaon Village

Dangaigaon is a mid sized village in Bijni tehsil, in the district of Bongaigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 560 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 783390, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dangaigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dangaigaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Bongaigaon
Tehsil Bijni
Pincode 783390
Area (hectares) 256.41 hectares
Population 1,156
Male Population 560
Female Population 596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dangaigaon compares

By the 2011 count Dangaigaon is the 100th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 256.41 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 989.

Getting to Dangaigaon

Dangaigaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dangaigaon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dangaigaon from other places

Dangaigaon lies about 2.0 km from Bongaigaon. 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 Dangaigaon
District headquarters Bongaigaon 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijni 15 km

Villages closest to Dangaigaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dangaigaon village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 100th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Dangaigaon village has 560 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dangaigaon has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Dangaigaon is 783390. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dangaigaon covers 256.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dangaigaon falls under Bijni tehsil of Bongaigaon district in Assam.

The census record for Dangaigaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Dangaigaon is about 2.0 km from Bongaigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dangaigaon is in Bijni tehsil of Bongaigaon district. Bongaigaon is about 2.0 km away. Bijni is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Odalguri Pt 2 (2.1 km), Odalguri Pt 3 (2.1 km) and Sikapara Pt 1 (2.1 km).

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

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