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About Dakshin Kajalgaon Village

Dakshin Kajalgaon is a small village in Sidli tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 175 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.7 hectares hectares.

Dakshin Kajalgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Kajalgaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Chirang
Tehsil Sidli
Area (hectares) 237.7 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 175
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dakshin Kajalgaon compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Kajalgaon is the 98th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 237.7 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 982.

Getting to Dakshin Kajalgaon

Dakshin Kajalgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dakshin Kajalgaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakshin Kajalgaon from other places

Dakshin Kajalgaon lies about 9.4 km from Chirang, and the nearest railway station is New Bongaigaon Junction, about 4.4 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 Dakshin Kajalgaon
Nearest railway station New Bongaigaon Junction 4.4 km
Nearest town Bongaigaon 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sidli 7.6 km
District headquarters Chirang 9.4 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Kajalgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sidli 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 Dakshin Kajalgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Kajalgaon village had a population of 377. That makes it the 98th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Dakshin Kajalgaon village has 175 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Kajalgaon has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Dakshin Kajalgaon covers 237.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dakshin Kajalgaon falls under Sidli tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Kajalgaon is New Bongaigaon Junction, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dakshin Kajalgaon.

Dakshin Kajalgaon is about 9.4 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Kajalgaon is in Sidli tehsil of Chirang district. New Bongaigaon Junction is about 4.4 km away. Bongaigaon is about 5.2 km away. Sidli is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhyam Kajalgaon (under 2 km), Uttar Kajalgaon (under 2 km) and Chatibor Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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