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About Maigaon Village

Maigaon is a mid sized village in Sidli tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,393, made up of 922 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 511 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.44 hectares hectares.

Maigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maigaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Chirang
Tehsil Sidli
Area (hectares) 253.44 hectares
Population 1,393
Male Population 922
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 511
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maigaon compares

By the 2011 count Maigaon is the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 253.44 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 982.

Getting to Maigaon

The census records public bus service for Maigaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Maigaon from other places

Maigaon lies about 11 km from Chirang, and the nearest railway station is Bongaigaon, about 2.6 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 Maigaon
Nearest railway station Bongaigaon 2.6 km
District headquarters Chirang 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Sidli 13 km

Villages closest to Maigaon

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 Maigaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Maigaon village had a population of 1,393. That makes it the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Maigaon village has 922 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maigaon has about 511 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Maigaon covers 253.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maigaon falls under Sidli tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Maigaon is Bongaigaon, about 2.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maigaon.

Maigaon is about 11 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maigaon is in Sidli tehsil of Chirang district. Bongaigaon is about 2.6 km away. Chirang is about 11 km away. Sidli is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dakshin Kajalgaon (5.3 km), Madhyam Kajalgaon (5.3 km) and Uttar Kajalgaon (5.3 km).

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

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