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About Dekapam Naharani Village

Dekapam Naharani is a small village in Jonai tehsil, in the district of Dhemaji, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 117 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 787061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dekapam Naharani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dekapam Naharani village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dhemaji
Tehsil Jonai
Pincode 787061
Area (hectares) 85.7 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 117
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dekapam Naharani compares

By the 2011 count Dekapam Naharani is the 244th largest of the 360 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 433 residents. Its 85.7 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Dekapam Naharani

Dekapam Naharani 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 Dekapam Naharani as Available within village. 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 Dekapam Naharani from other places

Dekapam Naharani lies about 90 km from Dhemaji, and the nearest railway station is Sille, about 3.3 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 Dekapam Naharani
Nearest railway station Sille 3.3 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Jonai 17 km
District headquarters Dhemaji 90 km

Villages closest to Dekapam Naharani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jonai 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 Dekapam Naharani

As per the Census of India 2011, Dekapam Naharani village had a population of 234. That makes it the 244th largest of the 360 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 433 residents.

Dekapam Naharani village has 117 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dekapam Naharani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Dekapam Naharani is 787061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dekapam Naharani covers 85.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dekapam Naharani falls under Jonai tehsil of Dhemaji district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dekapam Naharani is Sille, about 3.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dekapam Naharani.

Dekapam Naharani is about 90 km from Dhemaji in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dekapam Naharani is in Jonai tehsil of Dhemaji district. Sille is about 3.3 km away. Pāsighāt is about 11 km away. Jonai is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kherani (under 2 km), Naharani (under 2 km) and Naharani Pathar (under 2 km).

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

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