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About Shalamukh Village

Shalamukh is a mid sized village in Chhaygaon tehsil, in the district of Kamrup, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 282 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.65 hectares hectares.

Shalamukh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shalamukh village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kamrup
Tehsil Chhaygaon
Area (hectares) 179.65 hectares
Population 581
Male Population 282
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shalamukh compares

By the 2011 count Shalamukh is the 61st largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 179.65 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Shalamukh

Shalamukh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shalamukh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sakhumuri No 2, Sarupani F V, Satabari and Satekuna. 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 Shalamukh

As per the Census of India 2011, Shalamukh village had a population of 581. That makes it the 61st largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Shalamukh village has 282 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shalamukh has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Shalamukh covers 179.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shalamukh falls under Chhaygaon tehsil of Kamrup district in Assam.

The census record for Shalamukh notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Shalamukh is in Chhaygaon tehsil of Kamrup 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 Shalamukh today is likely to be higher.

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