About Jahai Village

Jahai is a small village in Haflong tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 137 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1240 hectares hectares.

Jahai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jahai village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Dima Hasao
Tehsil	Haflong
Area (hectares)	1240 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	137
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	796
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jahai compares

By the 2011 count Jahai is the 40th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 1240 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Jahai

Jahai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jahai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Jahai from other places

Jahai lies about 30 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is New Harangajao, about 12 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 Jahai
Nearest railway station	New Harangajao	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haflong	20 km
Nearest town	Hāflong	20 km
District headquarters	Dima Hasao	30 km

Villages closest to Jahai

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

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Common questions about Jahai

As per the Census of India 2011, Jahai village had a population of 246. That makes it the 40th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 218 residents.

Jahai village has 137 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jahai has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Jahai covers 1240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jahai falls under Haflong tehsil of Dima Hasao district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Jahai is New Harangajao, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jahai.

Jahai is about 30 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jahai is in Haflong tehsil of Dima Hasao district. New Harangajao is about 12 km away. Haflong is about 20 km away. Hāflong is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.