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About Khanajan Village

Khanajan is a mid sized village in Naobaicha tehsil, in the district of Lakhimpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,399, made up of 724 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 787031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanajan village
Description Value
State Assam
District Lakhimpur
Tehsil Naobaicha
Pincode 787031
Area (hectares) 238.02 hectares
Population 1,399
Male Population 724
Female Population 675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khanajan compares

By the 2011 count Khanajan is the 31st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 238.02 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Khanajan

Khanajan 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 Khanajan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khanajan from other places

Khanajan lies about 7.5 km from Lakhimpur, and the nearest railway station is Silanibari, about 2.4 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 Khanajan
Nearest railway station Silanibari 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Naobaicha 6.2 km
District headquarters Lakhimpur 7.5 km
Nearest town North Lakhimpur 7.5 km

Villages closest to Khanajan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanajan village had a population of 1,399. That makes it the 31st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Khanajan village has 724 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanajan has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Khanajan is 787031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanajan covers 238.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanajan falls under Naobaicha tehsil of Lakhimpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Khanajan is Silanibari, about 2.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanajan.

Khanajan is about 7.5 km from Lakhimpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanajan is in Naobaicha tehsil of Lakhimpur district. Silanibari is about 2.4 km away. Naobaicha is about 6.2 km away. Lakhimpur is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pahumora (3.4 km), No 2 Dejoo Pathar (5.6 km) and Dolakhat Gaon (7.6 km).

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

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