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About Chakma Village

Chakma is a mid sized village in Bhowraguri tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 659, made up of 348 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.61 hectares hectares.

Chakma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakma village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kokrajhar
Tehsil Bhowraguri
Area (hectares) 251.61 hectares
Population 659
Male Population 348
Female Population 311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chakma compares

By the 2011 count Chakma is the 41st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 251.61 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 962.

Getting to Chakma

Chakma 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 Chakma 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakma from other places

Chakma lies about 32 km from Kokrajhar, and the nearest railway station is Gossaigaon Hat, about 2.8 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 Chakma
Nearest railway station Gossaigaon Hat 2.8 km
Nearest town Tufānganj 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhowraguri 32 km
District headquarters Kokrajhar 32 km

Villages closest to Chakma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakma village had a population of 659. That makes it the 41st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Chakma village has 348 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakma has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Chakma covers 251.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakma falls under Bhowraguri tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Chakma is Gossaigaon Hat, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Chakma is about 32 km from Kokrajhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakma is in Bhowraguri tehsil of Kokrajhar district. Gossaigaon Hat is about 2.8 km away. Tufānganj is about 31 km away. Bhowraguri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gossaigaon (3.2 km), Boalimari (8.5 km) and Bhowraguri Mandalpara (11 km).

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

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