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About Channighat Village

Channighat is a large village in Sonai tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,604, made up of 1,836 males and 1,768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.61 hectares hectares.

Channighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Channighat village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Sonai
Area (hectares) 252.61 hectares
Population 3,604
Male Population 1,836
Female Population 1,768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Channighat compares

By the 2011 count Channighat is the 14th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents. Its 252.61 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Channighat

Channighat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Channighat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bidyaratanpur, Bishnupur, Bishnupur F V and Boalihaor. 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 Channighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Channighat village had a population of 3,604. That makes it the 14th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents.

Channighat village has 1,836 males and 1,768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Channighat has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Channighat covers 252.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Channighat falls under Sonai tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The census record for Channighat notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Channighat.

Channighat is in Sonai 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 Channighat today is likely to be higher.

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