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About Longkai Village

Longkai is a small village in Mahur tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 123 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 788830, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longkai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longkai village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dima Hasao
Tehsil Mahur
Pincode 788830
Area (hectares) 651 hectares
Population 247
Male Population 123
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Longkai compares

By the 2011 count Longkai is the 40th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 245 residents. Its 651 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Longkai

Longkai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Longkai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Longkai from other places

Longkai lies about 15 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is Phiding, about 3.6 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 Longkai
Nearest railway station Phiding 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahur 4.0 km
Nearest town Hāflong 14 km
District headquarters Dima Hasao 15 km

Villages closest to Longkai

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 Longkai

As per the Census of India 2011, Longkai village had a population of 247. That makes it the 40th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 245 residents.

Longkai village has 123 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longkai has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

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

Longkai covers 651 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Longkai is Phiding, about 3.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Longkai.

Longkai is about 15 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longkai is in Mahur tehsil of Dima Hasao district. Phiding is about 3.6 km away. Mahur is about 4.0 km away. Hāflong is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are N Longkhai (under 2 km), Pangmoul (under 2 km) and Saron (2.9 km).

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

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