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About Pakhiriguri Village

Pakhiriguri is a mid sized village in Dotoma tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 654, made up of 326 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.57 hectares hectares.

Pakhiriguri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakhiriguri village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kokrajhar
Tehsil Dotoma
Area (hectares) 281.57 hectares
Population 654
Male Population 326
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pakhiriguri compares

By the 2011 count Pakhiriguri is the 79th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 281.57 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Pakhiriguri

Pakhiriguri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pakhiriguri 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pakhiriguri from other places

Pakhiriguri lies about 31 km from Kokrajhar, and the nearest railway station is Gossaigaon Hat, about 3.9 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 Pakhiriguri
Nearest railway station Gossaigaon Hat 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dotoma 31 km
District headquarters Kokrajhar 31 km

Villages closest to Pakhiriguri

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.

Common questions about Pakhiriguri

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakhiriguri village had a population of 654. That makes it the 79th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Pakhiriguri village has 326 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakhiriguri has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Pakhiriguri covers 281.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pakhiriguri falls under Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Pakhiriguri is Gossaigaon Hat, about 3.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pakhiriguri.

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

Pakhiriguri is in Dotoma tehsil of Kokrajhar district. Gossaigaon Hat is about 3.9 km away. Dotoma is about 31 km away. Kokrajhar 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 Nepalpara (under 2 km), Habrubari (2.6 km) and Padmabil (3.2 km).

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

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