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About Bathan Village

Bathan is a mid sized village in Kamalpur tehsil, in the district of Kamrup, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,781, made up of 916 males and 865 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.77 hectares hectares.

Bathan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bathan village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kamrup
Tehsil Kamalpur
Area (hectares) 314.77 hectares
Population 1,781
Male Population 916
Female Population 865
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bathan compares

By the 2011 count Bathan is the 36th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,457 residents. Its 314.77 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Bathan

Bathan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bathan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bathan from other places

Bathan lies about 31 km from Kamrup, and the nearest railway station is Kaithalkuchi, about 5.1 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 Bathan
Nearest railway station Kaithalkuchi 5.1 km
Nearest town Nalbāri 10 km
District headquarters Kamrup 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Kamalpur 34 km

Villages closest to Bathan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kamalpur 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 Bathan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bathan village had a population of 1,781. That makes it the 36th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,457 residents.

Bathan village has 916 males and 865 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bathan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 938.

Bathan covers 314.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bathan falls under Kamalpur tehsil of Kamrup district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bathan is Kaithalkuchi, about 5.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bathan.

Bathan is about 31 km from Kamrup in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bathan is in Kamalpur tehsil of Kamrup district. Kaithalkuchi is about 5.1 km away. Nalbāri is about 10 km away. Kamrup is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paikana (3.9 km), Bardaipakhia (14 km) and Kalakuchi (22 km).

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

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