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About Joykhamdang Khat Gaon Village

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon is a mid sized village in Nazira tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 879, made up of 457 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 785685, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joykhamdang Khat Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Nazira
Pincode 785685
Area (hectares) 372.41 hectares
Population 879
Male Population 457
Female Population 422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Joykhamdang Khat Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Joykhamdang Khat Gaon is the 73rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,455 residents. Its 372.41 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Joykhamdang Khat Gaon

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon 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 Joykhamdang Khat Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Joykhamdang Khat Gaon from other places

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon lies about 13 km from Sivasagar, and the nearest railway station is Sibsagar Town, about 3.5 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 Joykhamdang Khat Gaon
Nearest railway station Sibsagar Town 3.5 km
Nearest town Sibsāgar 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Nazira 13 km
District headquarters Sivasagar 13 km

Villages closest to Joykhamdang Khat Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nazira 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 Joykhamdang Khat Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Joykhamdang Khat Gaon village had a population of 879. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,455 residents.

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon village has 457 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joykhamdang Khat Gaon has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Joykhamdang Khat Gaon is 785685. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon covers 372.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon falls under Nazira tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Joykhamdang Khat Gaon is Sibsagar Town, about 3.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Joykhamdang Khat Gaon.

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon is about 13 km from Sivasagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joykhamdang Khat Gaon is in Nazira tehsil of Sivasagar district. Sibsagar Town is about 3.5 km away. Sibsāgar is about 4.4 km away. Nazira is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changmai (under 2 km), Na Gaon (under 2 km) and Borakhowa (13 km).

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

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