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About Miri Gaon Village

Miri Gaon is a mid sized village in Chabua tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,398, made up of 742 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.5 hectares hectares.

Miri Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Miri Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Chabua
Area (hectares) 264.5 hectares
Population 1,398
Male Population 742
Female Population 656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Miri Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Miri Gaon is the 32nd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,253 residents. Its 264.5 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Miri Gaon

Miri Gaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Miri Gaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Miri Gaon from other places

Miri Gaon lies about 33 km from Dibrugarh, and the nearest railway station is Panitola, about 8.0 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 Miri Gaon
Nearest railway station Panitola 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Chabua 8.9 km
Nearest town Duliajan Oil Town 11 km
District headquarters Dibrugarh 33 km

Villages closest to Miri 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 Miri Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Miri Gaon village had a population of 1,398. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,253 residents.

Miri Gaon village has 742 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Miri Gaon has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Miri Gaon covers 264.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Miri Gaon is Panitola, about 8.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Miri Gaon.

Miri Gaon is about 33 km from Dibrugarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Miri Gaon is in Chabua tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Panitola is about 8.0 km away. Chabua is about 8.9 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kath Gaon (under 2 km), Komar Gaon (under 2 km) and Mudai Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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