About Paschim Gumargaon Village

Paschim Gumargaon is a mid sized village in Bijni tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 341 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.78 hectares hectares.

Paschim Gumargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paschim Gumargaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Chirang
Tehsil	Bijni
Area (hectares)	232.78 hectares
Population	645
Male Population	341
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
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 Paschim Gumargaon compares

By the 2011 count Paschim Gumargaon is the 118th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 232.78 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Paschim Gumargaon

Paschim Gumargaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paschim Gumargaon 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 Paschim Gumargaon from other places

Paschim Gumargaon lies about 24 km from Chirang, and the nearest railway station is Bijni, about 5.7 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 Paschim Gumargaon
Nearest railway station	Bijni	5.7 km
Nearest town	Bongaigaon	18 km
District headquarters	Chirang	24 km

Villages closest to Paschim Gumargaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bijni 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 Paschim Gumargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Paschim Gumargaon village had a population of 645. That makes it the 118th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Paschim Gumargaon village has 341 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paschim Gumargaon has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Paschim Gumargaon covers 232.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paschim Gumargaon falls under Bijni tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Paschim Gumargaon is Bijni, about 5.7 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 Paschim Gumargaon.

Paschim Gumargaon is about 24 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paschim Gumargaon is in Bijni tehsil of Chirang district. Bijni is about 5.7 km away. Bongaigaon is about 18 km away. Chirang is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamargaon (under 2 km), Kumargaon (under 2 km) and Bijni Gaon (5.9 km).

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