About Purani Jelam Village

Purani Jelam is a mid sized village in Jonai tehsil, in the district of Dhemaji, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 521 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 787060, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purani Jelam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Jelam village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dhemaji
Tehsil	Jonai
Pincode	787060
Area (hectares)	11 hectares
Population	1,025
Male Population	521
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Purani Jelam compares

By the 2011 count Purani Jelam is the 28th 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 11 hectares work out to about 93 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Purani Jelam

Purani Jelam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Purani Jelam 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Purani Jelam from other places

Purani Jelam 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 Purani Jelam
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 Purani Jelam

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 Purani Jelam

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Jelam village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 28th largest of the 360 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 433 residents.

Purani Jelam village has 521 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Jelam has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

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

Purani Jelam covers 11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 93 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purani Jelam falls under Jonai tehsil of Dhemaji district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Purani Jelam 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Purani Jelam.

Purani Jelam 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.

Purani Jelam 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.