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About Longma Village

Longma is a small village in Mahur tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 48 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 581.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 788830, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longma village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dima Hasao
Tehsil Mahur
Pincode 788830
Area (hectares) 581.78 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 48
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Longma compares

By the 2011 count Longma is the 103rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 245 residents. Its 581.78 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 978.

Getting to Longma

Longma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Longma 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 Longma from other places

Longma lies about 18 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is Migrendisa, about 3.0 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 Longma
Nearest railway station Migrendisa 3.0 km
Nearest town Hāflong 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahur 6.2 km
District headquarters Dima Hasao 18 km

Villages closest to Longma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Longma village had a population of 90. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 245 residents.

Longma village has 48 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longma has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Longma is 788830. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longma covers 581.78 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.

Longma falls under Mahur tehsil of Dima Hasao district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Longma is Migrendisa, about 3.0 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 Longma.

Longma is about 18 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longma is in Mahur tehsil of Dima Hasao district. Migrendisa is about 3.0 km away. Hāflong is about 5.2 km away. Mahur is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Longma Gadain (under 2 km), Longma Pt Iii (under 2 km) and Moti Longmailai (under 2 km).

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

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