About Monkala Village

Monkala is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 68 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.59 hectares hectares.

How Monkala compares

By the 2011 count Monkala is the 383rd 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 275.59 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Monkala

Monkala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Monkala 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Molong Punji, Monipur Kitta Dakshin Sonapur, Monipur Kitta Uttar Sonapur and Monipur Pt I. 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.