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About Chanaka Village

Chanaka is a small village in Mayong tehsil, in the district of Morigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 237 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.38 hectares hectares.

Chanaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanaka village
Description Value
State Assam
District Morigaon
Tehsil Mayong
Area (hectares) 83.38 hectares
Population 475
Male Population 237
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanaka compares

By the 2011 count Chanaka is the 126th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents. Its 83.38 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chanaka

Chanaka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chanaka 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bornalani Pathar, Burha Buri, Burha Mayang and Burha Mayang Parvat. 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.

Common questions about Chanaka

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanaka village had a population of 475. That makes it the 126th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents.

Chanaka village has 237 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanaka has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Chanaka covers 83.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanaka falls under Mayong tehsil of Morigaon district in Assam.

The census record for Chanaka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Chanaka.

Chanaka is in Mayong tehsil of Morigaon district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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