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About Burapung Hanse Village

Burapung Hanse is a small village in Silonijan tehsil, in the district of Karbi Anglong, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 89 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60 hectares hectares.

Burapung Hanse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burapung Hanse village
Description Value
State Assam
District Karbi Anglong
Tehsil Silonijan
Area (hectares) 60 hectares
Population 166
Male Population 89
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Burapung Hanse compares

By the 2011 count Burapung Hanse is the 153rd largest of the 338 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 259 residents. Its 60 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 985.

Getting to Burapung Hanse

Burapung Hanse is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Burapung Hanse as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Burapung Hanse from other places

Burapung Hanse lies about 49 km from Karbi Anglong, and the nearest railway station is Khumtai, about 21 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 Burapung Hanse
Nearest railway station Khumtai 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Silonijan 28 km
Nearest town Golāghāt 28 km
District headquarters Karbi Anglong 49 km

Villages closest to Burapung Hanse

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Silonijan 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 Burapung Hanse

As per the Census of India 2011, Burapung Hanse village had a population of 166. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 338 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 259 residents.

Burapung Hanse village has 89 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burapung Hanse has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Burapung Hanse covers 60 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burapung Hanse falls under Silonijan tehsil of Karbi Anglong district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Burapung Hanse is Khumtai, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Burapung Hanse.

Burapung Hanse is about 49 km from Karbi Anglong in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burapung Hanse is in Silonijan tehsil of Karbi Anglong district. Khumtai is about 21 km away. Silonijan is about 28 km away. Golāghāt is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Angjok Hanse (under 2 km), Hanse Gaon (under 2 km) and Joseph Hanse (under 2 km).

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

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