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About Kakragaon Village

Kakragaon is a small village in Sidli tehsil, in the district of Bongaigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 222 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 783372, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakragaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Bongaigaon
Tehsil Sidli
Pincode 783372
Area (hectares) 135.56 hectares
Population 469
Male Population 222
Female Population 247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kakragaon compares

By the 2011 count Kakragaon is the 133rd largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 135.56 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Kakragaon

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

How far is Kakragaon from other places

Kakragaon lies about 23 km from Bongaigaon, and the nearest railway station is Salakati, about 12 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 Kakragaon
Tehsil headquarters Sidli 11 km
Nearest railway station Salakati 12 km
Nearest town Kokrajhar 18 km
District headquarters Bongaigaon 23 km

Villages closest to Kakragaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakragaon village had a population of 469. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Kakragaon village has 222 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakragaon has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Kakragaon is 783372. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakragaon covers 135.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kakragaon falls under Sidli tehsil of Bongaigaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Kakragaon is Salakati, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Kakragaon.

Kakragaon is about 23 km from Bongaigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakragaon is in Sidli tehsil of Bongaigaon district. Sidli is about 11 km away. Salakati is about 12 km away. Kokrajhar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garubhasa No 1 (3.4 km), Athugaon (9.1 km) and Ulubari (9.4 km).

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

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