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About Khanikar Village

Khanikar is a mid sized village in Dimow tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 424 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares.

Khanikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanikar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Dimow
Area (hectares) 341 hectares
Population 835
Male Population 424
Female Population 411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
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 Khanikar compares

By the 2011 count Khanikar is the 71st largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Khanikar

Khanikar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khanikar 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. The nearest villages by name are Kesuwani, Ketela Chowa, Khalihamari and Khamun. 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 Khanikar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanikar village had a population of 835. That makes it the 71st largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Khanikar village has 424 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanikar has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Khanikar covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanikar falls under Dimow tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The census record for Khanikar notes the nearest railway station 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 Khanikar.

Khanikar is in Dimow tehsil of Sivasagar 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 Khanikar today is likely to be higher.

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