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About Kalain Cherra Grant Village

Kalain Cherra Grant is a mid sized village in Katigora tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 840 males and 831 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.61 hectares hectares.

Kalain Cherra Grant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalain Cherra Grant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Katigora
Area (hectares) 393.61 hectares
Population 1,671
Male Population 840
Female Population 831
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalain Cherra Grant compares

By the 2011 count Kalain Cherra Grant is the 62nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents. Its 393.61 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Kalain Cherra Grant

Kalain Cherra Grant is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalain Cherra Grant 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 Kalain Cherra Grant from other places

Kalain Cherra Grant lies about 29 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 4.5 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 Kalain Cherra Grant
Nearest railway station Hilara 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Katigora 8.9 km
Nearest town Karīmganj 24 km
District headquarters Cachar 29 km

Villages closest to Kalain Cherra Grant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katigora 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 Kalain Cherra Grant

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalain Cherra Grant village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents.

Kalain Cherra Grant village has 840 males and 831 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalain Cherra Grant has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Kalain Cherra Grant covers 393.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalain Cherra Grant falls under Katigora tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Kalain Cherra Grant is Hilara, about 4.5 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 Kalain Cherra Grant.

Kalain Cherra Grant is about 29 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalain Cherra Grant is in Katigora tehsil of Cachar district. Hilara is about 4.5 km away. Katigora is about 8.9 km away. Karīmganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalain Cherra Bagicha (under 2 km), Craigpark Bagicha (5.0 km) and Craigpark Mikir Punjee (5.0 km).

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

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