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About Kapahua Gaon Village

Kapahua Gaon is a mid sized village in Tengakhat tehsil, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,129, made up of 574 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares.

Kapahua Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapahua Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dibrugarh
Tehsil Tengakhat
Area (hectares) 202 hectares
Population 1,129
Male Population 574
Female Population 555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kapahua Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Kapahua Gaon is the 48th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 996.

Getting to Kapahua Gaon

Kapahua Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kapahua 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 Kapahua Gaon from other places

Kapahua 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 Kapahua 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 Kapahua 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 Kapahua Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapahua Gaon village had a population of 1,129. That makes it the 48th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Kapahua Gaon village has 574 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapahua Gaon has about 967 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.

Kapahua Gaon covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kapahua 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 Kapahua Gaon.

Kapahua 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.

Kapahua 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 Bantana Gaon (under 2 km), Borguri Gaon (under 2 km) and Deobil Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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