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About Dirpai Village

Dirpai is a mid sized village in Kadam tehsil, in the district of Lakhimpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 426 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.98 hectares hectares.

Dirpai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dirpai village
Description Value
State Assam
District Lakhimpur
Tehsil Kadam
Area (hectares) 207.98 hectares
Population 830
Male Population 426
Female Population 404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dirpai compares

By the 2011 count Dirpai is the 48th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 706 residents. Its 207.98 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Dirpai

Dirpai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dirpai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dirpai from other places

Dirpai lies about 40 km from Lakhimpur, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, 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 Dirpai
Nearest railway station Subansiri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadam 30 km
District headquarters Lakhimpur 40 km
Nearest town North Lakhimpur 40 km

Villages closest to Dirpai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dirpai village had a population of 830. That makes it the 48th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 706 residents.

Dirpai village has 426 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dirpai has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Dirpai covers 207.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dirpai falls under Kadam tehsil of Lakhimpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dirpai is Subansiri, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Dirpai.

Dirpai is about 40 km from Lakhimpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dirpai is in Kadam tehsil of Lakhimpur district. Subansiri is about 12 km away. Kadam is about 30 km away. Lakhimpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uriamguri Jorhatia (5.9 km), Uriumguri (5.9 km) and Balijan (12 km).

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

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