About Mechelkhowa Village

Mechelkhowa is a mid sized village in Balijana tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,327, made up of 703 males and 624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.7 hectares hectares.

Mechelkhowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mechelkhowa village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Goalpara
Tehsil	Balijana
Area (hectares)	558.7 hectares
Population	1,327
Male Population	703
Female Population	624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mechelkhowa compares

By the 2011 count Mechelkhowa is the 45th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 558.7 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Mechelkhowa

Mechelkhowa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mechelkhowa 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Makri, Markula, Matia and Matia Garo Para Pt Ii. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Mechelkhowa

As per the Census of India 2011, Mechelkhowa village had a population of 1,327. That makes it the 45th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Mechelkhowa village has 703 males and 624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mechelkhowa has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Mechelkhowa covers 558.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mechelkhowa falls under Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The census record for Mechelkhowa notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Mechelkhowa.

Mechelkhowa is in Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.