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About Cherenga Punji Village

Cherenga Punji is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 125 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,512 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Cherenga Punji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cherenga Punji village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 132 hectares
Population 314
Male Population 125
Female Population 189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,512
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Cherenga Punji compares

By the 2011 count Cherenga Punji is the 311th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Cherenga Punji

Cherenga Punji is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Cherenga Punji 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. The nearest villages by name are Chatapara, Chatotang Vita, Chatoudmari and Chatridoyal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Cherenga Punji

As per the Census of India 2011, Cherenga Punji village had a population of 314. That makes it the 311th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Cherenga Punji village has 125 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cherenga Punji has about 1512 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Cherenga Punji covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Cherenga Punji falls under Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The census record for Cherenga Punji notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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 Cherenga Punji.

Cherenga Punji is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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