About Chalani Village

Chalani is a small village in Dotoma tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 174 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.02 hectares hectares.

Chalani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalani village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Kokrajhar
Tehsil	Dotoma
Area (hectares)	133.02 hectares
Population	355
Male Population	174
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chalani compares

By the 2011 count Chalani is the 124th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 133.02 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 Chalani

Chalani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chalani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chalani from other places

Chalani lies about 35 km from Kokrajhar, and the nearest railway station is Jogighopa, about 2.6 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 Chalani
Nearest railway station	Jogighopa	2.6 km
Nearest town	Goālpāra	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dotoma	35 km
District headquarters	Kokrajhar	35 km

Villages closest to Chalani

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 Chalani

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalani village had a population of 355. That makes it the 124th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Chalani village has 174 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalani has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Chalani covers 133.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalani falls under Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Chalani is Jogighopa, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chalani.

Chalani is about 35 km from Kokrajhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalani is in Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district. Jogighopa is about 2.6 km away. Goālpāra is about 10 km away. Dotoma is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.