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About Dakhin Kuruah Village

Dakhin Kuruah is a small village in Sipajhar tehsil, in the district of Darrang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 33, made up of 18 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.35 hectares hectares.

Dakhin Kuruah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakhin Kuruah village
Description Value
State Assam
District Darrang
Tehsil Sipajhar
Area (hectares) 559.35 hectares
Population 33
Male Population 18
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakhin Kuruah compares

By the 2011 count Dakhin Kuruah is the 87th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,342 residents. Its 559.35 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Dakhin Kuruah

Dakhin Kuruah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakhin Kuruah 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 Kuruah from other places

Dakhin Kuruah lies about 107 km from Darrang, and the nearest railway station is Panikhaiti, about 6.2 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 Kuruah
Nearest railway station Panikhaiti 6.2 km
Nearest town Guwahati 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sipajhar 20 km
District headquarters Darrang 107 km

Villages closest to Dakhin Kuruah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakhin Kuruah village had a population of 33. That makes it the 87th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,342 residents.

Dakhin Kuruah village has 18 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakhin Kuruah has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Dakhin Kuruah covers 559.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dakhin Kuruah falls under Sipajhar tehsil of Darrang district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dakhin Kuruah is Panikhaiti, about 6.2 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 Kuruah.

Dakhin Kuruah is about 107 km from Darrang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakhin Kuruah is in Sipajhar tehsil of Darrang district. Panikhaiti is about 6.2 km away. Guwahati is about 9.6 km away. Sipajhar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhati Kuruah (under 2 km), Dakhin Kuruah No 1 (under 2 km) and Dakhin Kuruah No 2 (under 2 km).

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

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