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About Megh Dam Village

Megh Dam is a small village in Balijana tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 369, made up of 171 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.26 hectares hectares.

Megh Dam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megh Dam village
Description Value
State Assam
District Goalpara
Tehsil Balijana
Area (hectares) 140.26 hectares
Population 369
Male Population 171
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,158
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Megh Dam compares

By the 2011 count Megh Dam is the 150th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 140.26 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Megh Dam

Megh Dam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Megh Dam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Markula, Matia, Matia Garo Para Pt Ii and Matia Garopara. 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.

Common questions about Megh Dam

As per the Census of India 2011, Megh Dam village had a population of 369. That makes it the 150th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Megh Dam village has 171 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megh Dam has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Megh Dam covers 140.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Megh Dam falls under Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The census record for Megh Dam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Megh Dam.

Megh Dam 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.

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

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