About Morikolong Village

Morikolong is a mid sized village in Marigaon tehsil, in the district of Morigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,126, made up of 591 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Morikolong compares

By the 2011 count Morikolong is the 50th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,067 residents. Its 288.16 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 988.

Getting to Morikolong

Morikolong 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 Morikolong 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. The nearest villages by name are Matiparbat, Meruagaon, Mikirbari and Mikirgaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.