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About Naithang Punji Village

Naithang Punji is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 164 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8 hectares hectares.

Naithang Punji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naithang Punji village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 8 hectares
Population 330
Male Population 164
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naithang Punji compares

By the 2011 count Naithang Punji is the 303rd 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 8 hectares work out to about 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Naithang Punji

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

How far is Naithang Punji from other places

Naithang Punji lies about 39 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Kamranga, about 15 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 Naithang Punji
Nearest railway station Kamranga 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhipur 23 km
Nearest town Hāflong 30 km
District headquarters Cachar 39 km

Villages closest to Naithang 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 Naithang Punji

As per the Census of India 2011, Naithang Punji village had a population of 330. That makes it the 303rd largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Naithang Punji village has 164 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naithang Punji has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Naithang Punji covers 8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Naithang Punji is Kamranga, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Naithang Punji.

Naithang Punji is about 39 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naithang Punji is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Kamranga is about 15 km away. Lakhipur is about 23 km away. Hāflong is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chirirpar Kachari Punji (under 2 km), U S Chur Punji Pt Iii (under 2 km) and Kumachara (4.7 km).

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

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