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About Purana Hajong Village

Purana Hajong is a small village in Maibong tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 118 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males.

Purana Hajong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purana Hajong village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dima Hasao
Tehsil Maibong
Population 238
Male Population 118
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Purana Hajong compares

By the 2011 count Purana Hajong is the 62nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 240 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Purana Hajong

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

Purana Hajong lies about 11 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is Kalachand, about 7.8 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 Purana Hajong
Nearest railway station Kalachand 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Maibong 9.3 km
District headquarters Dima Hasao 11 km
Nearest town Hāflong 29 km

Villages closest to Purana Hajong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maibong 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 Purana Hajong

As per the Census of India 2011, Purana Hajong village had a population of 238. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 240 residents.

Purana Hajong village has 118 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purana Hajong has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Purana Hajong falls under Maibong tehsil of Dima Hasao district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Purana Hajong is Kalachand, about 7.8 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 Purana Hajong.

Purana Hajong is about 11 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purana Hajong is in Maibong tehsil of Dima Hasao district. Kalachand is about 7.8 km away. Maibong is about 9.3 km away. Dima Hasao is about 11 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 Wadrengdisa (2.7 km), P Wadrengdisa (2.7 km) and Wadrengdisa (2.7 km).

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

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