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About Matak Gaon Village

Matak Gaon is a large village in Dibrugarh West tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,838, made up of 1,434 males and 1,404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares.

Matak Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matak Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Dibrugarh West
Area (hectares) 179 hectares
Population 2,838
Male Population 1,434
Female Population 1,404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Matak Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Matak Gaon is the 11th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 848 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Matak Gaon

Matak Gaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Matak Gaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matak Gaon from other places

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

Villages closest to Matak Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Matak Gaon village had a population of 2,838. That makes it the 11th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 848 residents.

Matak Gaon village has 1,434 males and 1,404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matak Gaon has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

Matak Gaon covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Matak Gaon falls under Dibrugarh West tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Matak Gaon is Panitola, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Matak Gaon.

Matak 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.

Matak Gaon is in Dibrugarh West tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Panitola is about 8.0 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 11 km away. Dibrugarh West 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 Deori Gaon (under 2 km), Dulia Gaon (under 2 km) and Kamar Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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