About Bongshigaon Village

Bongshigaon is a mid sized village in Dotoma tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 261 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.15 hectares hectares.

Bongshigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bongshigaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Kokrajhar
Tehsil	Dotoma
Area (hectares)	206.15 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	261
Female Population	295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,130
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bongshigaon compares

By the 2011 count Bongshigaon is the 94th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 206.15 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Bongshigaon

Bongshigaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bongshigaon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bongshigaon from other places

Bongshigaon lies about 30 km from Kokrajhar. 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 Bongshigaon
Nearest town	Bongaigaon	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dotoma	30 km
District headquarters	Kokrajhar	30 km

Villages closest to Bongshigaon

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

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Common questions about Bongshigaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bongshigaon village had a population of 556. That makes it the 94th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Bongshigaon village has 261 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bongshigaon has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Bongshigaon covers 206.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bongshigaon falls under Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The census record for Bongshigaon notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Bongshigaon.

Bongshigaon is about 30 km from Kokrajhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bongshigaon is in Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district. Bongaigaon is about under 2 km away. Dotoma is about 30 km away. Kokrajhar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.