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About Bantana Gaon Village

Bantana Gaon is a small village in Tengakhat tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 98, made up of 50 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares.

Bantana Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bantana Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Tengakhat
Area (hectares) 87 hectares
Population 98
Male Population 50
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bantana Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bantana Gaon is the 205th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 827 residents. Its 87 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Bantana Gaon

Bantana Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bantana Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bantana Gaon from other places

Bantana Gaon lies about 42 km from Dibrugarh, and the nearest railway station is Naharkatiya, about 5.4 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 Bantana Gaon
Nearest railway station Naharkatiya 5.4 km
Nearest town Duliajan Oil Town 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Tengakhat 15 km
District headquarters Dibrugarh 42 km

Villages closest to Bantana Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tengakhat 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 Bantana Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bantana Gaon village had a population of 98. That makes it the 205th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Bantana Gaon village has 50 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bantana Gaon has about 960 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 996.

Bantana Gaon covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bantana Gaon falls under Tengakhat tehsil of Dibrugarh district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bantana Gaon is Naharkatiya, about 5.4 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 village for Bantana Gaon.

Bantana Gaon 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.

Bantana Gaon is in Tengakhat tehsil of Dibrugarh district. Naharkatiya is about 5.4 km away. Duliajan Oil Town is about 8.7 km away. Tengakhat is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borguri Gaon (under 2 km), Deobil Gaon (under 2 km) and Dirial Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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