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About Basundhari Jalah Village

Basundhari Jalah is a large village in Marigaon tehsil, in the district of Morigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,156, made up of 1,075 males and 1,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basundhari Jalah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basundhari Jalah village
Description Value
State Assam
District Morigaon
Tehsil Marigaon
Pincode 782105
Area (hectares) 375.77 hectares
Population 2,156
Male Population 1,075
Female Population 1,081
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 5 - 10 km distance

How Basundhari Jalah compares

By the 2011 count Basundhari Jalah is the 24th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 375.77 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Basundhari Jalah

Basundhari Jalah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basundhari Jalah 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basundhari Jalah from other places

Basundhari Jalah lies about 19 km from Morigaon, and the nearest railway station is Chaparmukh Junction, about 3.6 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 Basundhari Jalah
Nearest railway station Chaparmukh Junction 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Marigaon 19 km
District headquarters Morigaon 19 km

Villages closest to Basundhari Jalah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marigaon 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 Basundhari Jalah

As per the Census of India 2011, Basundhari Jalah village had a population of 2,156. That makes it the 24th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents.

Basundhari Jalah village has 1,075 males and 1,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basundhari Jalah has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Basundhari Jalah is 782105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basundhari Jalah covers 375.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basundhari Jalah falls under Marigaon tehsil of Morigaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Basundhari Jalah is Chaparmukh Junction, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Basundhari Jalah.

Basundhari Jalah is about 19 km from Morigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basundhari Jalah is in Marigaon tehsil of Morigaon district. Chaparmukh Junction is about 3.6 km away. Marigaon is about 19 km away. Morigaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garmari (5.7 km), Salmari Mikir Gaon (6.5 km) and Rajagaon (6.7 km).

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

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