About Kherani Village

Kherani is a mid sized village in Jonai tehsil, in the district of Dhemaji, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,018, made up of 532 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 787060, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kherani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kherani village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dhemaji
Tehsil	Jonai
Pincode	787060
Area (hectares)	66 hectares
Population	1,018
Male Population	532
Female Population	486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kherani compares

By the 2011 count Kherani is the 29th largest of the 360 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 433 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Kherani

Kherani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kherani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kherani from other places

Kherani 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 Kherani
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 Kherani

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.

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Common questions about Kherani

As per the Census of India 2011, Kherani village had a population of 1,018. That makes it the 29th largest of the 360 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 433 residents.

Kherani village has 532 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kherani has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Kherani is 787060. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kherani covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kherani falls under Jonai tehsil of Dhemaji district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Kherani is Sille, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Kherani 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.

Kherani 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.