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About Direal Village

Direal is a mid sized village in Naharkatiya tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 285 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.62 hectares hectares.

Direal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Direal village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Naharkatiya
Area (hectares) 147.62 hectares
Population 544
Male Population 285
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Direal compares

By the 2011 count Direal is the 95th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 833 residents. Its 147.62 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 970.

Getting to Direal

Direal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Direal as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Dihing Kinar Nepali, Dihing Kinar Tiyoki, Dillchah Bagicha and Dillghat Gaon No 1. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Direal

As per the Census of India 2011, Direal village had a population of 544. That makes it the 95th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 833 residents.

Direal village has 285 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Direal has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Direal covers 147.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Direal falls under Naharkatiya tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The census record for Direal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Direal.

Direal is in Naharkatiya tehsil of Dibrugarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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