About Dakhin Karigaon Village

Dakhin Karigaon is a small village in Kokrajhar tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 209 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.95 hectares hectares.

Dakhin Karigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakhin Karigaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Chirang
Tehsil	Kokrajhar
Area (hectares)	162.95 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	209
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakhin Karigaon compares

By the 2011 count Dakhin Karigaon is the 165th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 162.95 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Dakhin Karigaon

Dakhin Karigaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakhin Karigaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Dakhin Karigaon from other places

Dakhin Karigaon lies about 22 km from Chirang, and the nearest railway station is Salakati, about 12 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 Dakhin Karigaon
Nearest railway station	Salakati	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kokrajhar	18 km
District headquarters	Chirang	22 km

Villages closest to Dakhin Karigaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kokrajhar 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 Dakhin Karigaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakhin Karigaon village had a population of 423. That makes it the 165th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Dakhin Karigaon village has 209 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakhin Karigaon has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Dakhin Karigaon covers 162.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakhin Karigaon falls under Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dakhin Karigaon is Salakati, about 12 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 village for Dakhin Karigaon.

Dakhin Karigaon is about 22 km from Chirang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakhin Karigaon is in Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district. Salakati is about 12 km away. Kokrajhar is about 18 km away. Chirang is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.