About Phailen Punji Village

Phailen Punji is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 179 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6 hectares hectares.

Phailen Punji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phailen Punji village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Tehsil	Lakhipur
Area (hectares)	6 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	179
Female Population	179
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

How Phailen Punji compares

By the 2011 count Phailen Punji is the 296th 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 6 hectares work out to about 60 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Phailen Punji

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

How far is Phailen Punji from other places

Phailen Punji lies about 38 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Vangaichungpao, 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 Phailen Punji
Nearest railway station	Vangaichungpao	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhipur	21 km
District headquarters	Cachar	38 km
Nearest town	Silchar	39 km

Villages closest to Phailen 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.

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Common questions about Phailen Punji

As per the Census of India 2011, Phailen Punji village had a population of 358. That makes it the 296th largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Phailen Punji village has 179 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

Phailen Punji covers 6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 60 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Phailen Punji is Vangaichungpao, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Phailen Punji.

Phailen 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.

Phailen Punji is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Vangaichungpao is about 15 km away. Lakhipur is about 21 km away. Cachar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.