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About Chengelijan Village

Chengelijan is a mid sized village in Naharkatiya tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 325 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.67 hectares hectares.

Chengelijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chengelijan village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Naharkatiya
Area (hectares) 168.67 hectares
Population 634
Male Population 325
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chengelijan compares

By the 2011 count Chengelijan is the 81st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 833 residents. Its 168.67 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Chengelijan

The census records public bus service for Chengelijan as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chengelijan from other places

Chengelijan lies about 42 km from Dibrugarh. 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 Chengelijan
Tehsil headquarters Naharkatiya 6.1 km
Nearest town Duliajan Oil Town 10 km
District headquarters Dibrugarh 42 km

Villages closest to Chengelijan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chengelijan village had a population of 634. That makes it the 81st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 833 residents.

Chengelijan village has 325 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chengelijan has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 970.

Chengelijan covers 168.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chengelijan falls under Naharkatiya tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The census record for Chengelijan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chengelijan.

Chengelijan 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.

Chengelijan is in Naharkatiya tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Naharkatiya is about 6.1 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 10 km away. Dibrugarh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barbam No 1 (under 2 km), Barbam No 2 (under 2 km) and Chengelijan Habi No 1 (under 2 km).

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

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