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About Saiding Village

Saiding is a small village in Haflong tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 145 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.07 hectares hectares.

Saiding Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saiding village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dima Hasao
Tehsil Haflong
Area (hectares) 6.07 hectares
Population 275
Male Population 145
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saiding compares

By the 2011 count Saiding is the 38th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 6.07 hectares work out to about 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Saiding

The census records public bus service for Saiding as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Saiding from other places

Saiding lies about 39 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about under 2 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 Saiding
Nearest railway station Ditokcherra under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Haflong 23 km
Nearest town Hāflong 23 km
District headquarters Dima Hasao 39 km

Villages closest to Saiding

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.

Common questions about Saiding

As per the Census of India 2011, Saiding village had a population of 275. That makes it the 38th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 218 residents.

Saiding village has 145 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saiding has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Saiding covers 6.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Saiding is Ditokcherra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 km distance for Saiding.

Saiding is about 39 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saiding is in Haflong tehsil of Dima Hasao district. Ditokcherra is about under 2 km away. Haflong is about 23 km away. Hāflong is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Michikur (under 2 km), Saisi (2.1 km) and Kayang Deswali (2.3 km).

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

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