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About Bihpuria Gaon Village

Bihpuria Gaon is a small village in Bihpuria tehsil, in the district of Lakhimpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 173 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.68 hectares hectares.

Bihpuria Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bihpuria Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Lakhimpur
Tehsil Bihpuria
Area (hectares) 119.68 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 173
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bihpuria Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bihpuria Gaon is the 140th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 119.68 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 982.

Getting to Bihpuria Gaon

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

Bihpuria Gaon lies about 30 km from Lakhimpur, and the nearest railway station is Tipling, about 8.9 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 Bihpuria Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Bihpuria under 2 km
Nearest railway station Tipling 8.9 km
Nearest town Naharlagun 24 km
District headquarters Lakhimpur 30 km

Villages closest to Bihpuria Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bihpuria Gaon village had a population of 316. That makes it the 140th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Bihpuria Gaon village has 173 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bihpuria Gaon has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Bihpuria Gaon covers 119.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bihpuria Gaon falls under Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bihpuria Gaon is Tipling, about 8.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bihpuria Gaon.

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

Bihpuria Gaon is in Bihpuria tehsil of Lakhimpur district. Bihpuria is about under 2 km away. Tipling is about 8.9 km away. Naharlagun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chinatoli (5.1 km), Nepali Gaon (8.0 km) and Nizlaluk (11 km).

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

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