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About Molong Punji Village

Molong Punji is a mid sized village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 265 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares.

Molong Punji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Molong Punji village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 54 hectares
Population 530
Male Population 265
Female Population 265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Molong Punji compares

By the 2011 count Molong Punji is the 252nd largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Molong Punji

Molong Punji is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Molong Punji as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Molong Punji from other places

Molong Punji lies about 38 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Kamranga, about 16 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 Molong Punji
Nearest railway station Kamranga 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhipur 24 km
Nearest town Hāflong 25 km
District headquarters Cachar 38 km

Villages closest to Molong Punji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhipur 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 Molong Punji

As per the Census of India 2011, Molong Punji village had a population of 530. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Molong Punji village has 265 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

Molong Punji covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Molong Punji is Kamranga, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Molong Punji.

Molong Punji is about 38 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Molong Punji is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Kamranga is about 16 km away. Lakhipur is about 24 km away. Hāflong is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Molong Pt I (under 2 km), Molong Pt Ii (under 2 km) and U S Molong (under 2 km).

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

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