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About Dakhin Karigaon Village

Dakhin Karigaon is a small village in Kokrajhar tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 209 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.95 hectares hectares.

Dakhin Karigaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakhin Karigaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kokrajhar
Tehsil Kokrajhar
Area (hectares) 162.95 hectares
Population 423
Male Population 209
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakhin Karigaon compares

By the 2011 count Dakhin Karigaon is the 107th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 162.95 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Dakhin Karigaon

Dakhin Karigaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dakhin Karigaon 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 Dakhin Karigaon from other places

Dakhin Karigaon lies about 18 km from Kokrajhar, and the nearest railway station is Salakati, about 12 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 Dakhin Karigaon
Nearest railway station Salakati 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kokrajhar 18 km

Villages closest to Dakhin Karigaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kokrajhar 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 Dakhin Karigaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakhin Karigaon village had a population of 423. That makes it the 107th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Dakhin Karigaon village has 209 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakhin Karigaon has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Dakhin Karigaon covers 162.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakhin Karigaon falls under Kokrajhar tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dakhin Karigaon is Salakati, about 12 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 village for Dakhin Karigaon.

Dakhin Karigaon is about 18 km from Kokrajhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakhin Karigaon is in Kokrajhar tehsil of Kokrajhar district. Salakati is about 12 km away. Kokrajhar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harigaon (under 2 km), Karigaon (under 2 km) and Khargaon (under 2 km).

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

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