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About Chakalia Pothar Village

Chakalia Pothar is a small village in Sonari tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 163 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.39 hectares hectares.

Chakalia Pothar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakalia Pothar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Sonari
Area (hectares) 90.39 hectares
Population 343
Male Population 163
Female Population 180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chakalia Pothar compares

By the 2011 count Chakalia Pothar is the 196th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents. Its 90.39 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Chakalia Pothar

Chakalia Pothar 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 Chakalia Pothar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakalia Pothar from other places

Chakalia Pothar lies about 26 km from Sivasagar, and the nearest railway station is MohKhuti, 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 Chakalia Pothar
Nearest railway station MohKhuti 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonari 23 km
Nearest town Sibsāgar 25 km
District headquarters Sivasagar 26 km

Villages closest to Chakalia Pothar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonari 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 Chakalia Pothar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakalia Pothar village had a population of 343. That makes it the 196th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents.

Chakalia Pothar village has 163 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakalia Pothar has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Chakalia Pothar covers 90.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakalia Pothar falls under Sonari tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Chakalia Pothar is MohKhuti, about 3.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chakalia Pothar.

Chakalia Pothar is about 26 km from Sivasagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakalia Pothar is in Sonari tehsil of Sivasagar district. MohKhuti is about 3.6 km away. Sonari is about 23 km away. Sibsāgar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chakalia Grant (under 2 km), Silakuti Bhakat Gaon (under 2 km) and Tokalimora Bura Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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