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About Dahikata Village

Dahikata is a large village in Matia tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,744, made up of 2,179 males and 1,565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 718 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1072.54 hectares hectares.

Dahikata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahikata village
Description Value
State Assam
District Goalpara
Tehsil Matia
Area (hectares) 1072.54 hectares
Population 3,744
Male Population 2,179
Female Population 1,565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 718
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dahikata compares

By the 2011 count Dahikata is the 8th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,527 residents. Its 1072.54 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 971.

Getting to Dahikata

Dahikata 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 Dahikata as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Buduchar N C, Bujruk Manikpur, Chenimari Pt Ii and Dabli. 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 Dahikata

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahikata village had a population of 3,744. That makes it the 8th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,527 residents.

Dahikata village has 2,179 males and 1,565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahikata has about 718 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Dahikata covers 1072.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dahikata falls under Matia tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The census record for Dahikata notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dahikata.

Dahikata is in Matia 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 Dahikata today is likely to be higher.

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