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About Kanai Gaon Village

Kanai Gaon is a mid sized village in Dibrugarh East tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 670, made up of 347 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.93 hectares hectares.

Kanai Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanai Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Dibrugarh East
Area (hectares) 206.93 hectares
Population 670
Male Population 347
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanai Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Kanai Gaon is the 71st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 206.93 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Kanai Gaon

Kanai Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kanai Gaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanai Gaon from other places

Kanai 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 Kanai Gaon
Nearest railway station Panitola 8.0 km
Nearest town Duliajan Oil Town 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dibrugarh East 33 km
District headquarters Dibrugarh 33 km

Villages closest to Kanai Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dibrugarh East 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 Kanai Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanai Gaon village had a population of 670. That makes it the 71st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Kanai Gaon village has 347 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanai Gaon has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Kanai Gaon covers 206.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanai Gaon falls under Dibrugarh East tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Kanai 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanai Gaon.

Kanai 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.

Kanai Gaon is in Dibrugarh East tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Panitola is about 8.0 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 11 km away. Dibrugarh East is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bocha Gaon (under 2 km), Na Gaon (under 2 km) and Chaulkhowa Grant Gaon (15 km).

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

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