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About Alokjhari Village

Alokjhari is a mid sized village in Golokganj tehsil, in the district of Dhubri, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 660, made up of 345 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.58 hectares hectares.

Alokjhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alokjhari village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dhubri
Tehsil Golokganj
Area (hectares) 342.58 hectares
Population 660
Male Population 345
Female Population 315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alokjhari compares

By the 2011 count Alokjhari is the 87th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,486 residents. Its 342.58 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Alokjhari

Alokjhari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alokjhari as Available within <5 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 Alokjhari from other places

Alokjhari lies about 29 km from Dhubri, and the nearest railway station is Basbari, about 7.8 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 Alokjhari
Nearest railway station Basbari 7.8 km
Nearest town Gauripur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Golokganj 29 km
District headquarters Dhubri 29 km

Villages closest to Alokjhari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Golokganj 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 Alokjhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Alokjhari village had a population of 660. That makes it the 87th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,486 residents.

Alokjhari village has 345 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alokjhari has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Alokjhari covers 342.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alokjhari falls under Golokganj tehsil of Dhubri district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Alokjhari is Basbari, about 7.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alokjhari.

Alokjhari is about 29 km from Dhubri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alokjhari is in Golokganj tehsil of Dhubri district. Basbari is about 7.8 km away. Gauripur is about 21 km away. Golokganj is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurshakati (under 2 km), Bhatipetla (2.3 km) and Madhyapetla (2.3 km).

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

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