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About Gereki Gaon Village

Gereki Gaon is a small village in Chabua tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 266 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares.

Gereki Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gereki Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Chabua
Area (hectares) 73 hectares
Population 490
Male Population 266
Female Population 224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gereki Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gereki Gaon is the 89th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,253 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Gereki Gaon

Gereki Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gereki Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Gereki Gaon from other places

Gereki Gaon lies about 42 km from Dibrugarh, and the nearest railway station is Naharkatiya, about 5.4 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 Gereki Gaon
Nearest railway station Naharkatiya 5.4 km
Nearest town Duliajan Oil Town 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chabua 24 km
District headquarters Dibrugarh 42 km

Villages closest to Gereki Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chabua 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 Gereki Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gereki Gaon village had a population of 490. That makes it the 89th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,253 residents.

Gereki Gaon village has 266 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gereki Gaon has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Gereki Gaon covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gereki Gaon falls under Chabua tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Gereki Gaon is Naharkatiya, about 5.4 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 village for Gereki Gaon.

Gereki Gaon is about 42 km from Dibrugarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gereki Gaon is in Chabua tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Naharkatiya is about 5.4 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 8.7 km away. Chabua is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Betmela Gaon (under 2 km), Chetia Gaon (under 2 km) and Garpara Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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