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About Ghorpholia Village

Ghorpholia is a mid sized village in Sonari tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 281 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.54 hectares hectares.

Ghorpholia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghorpholia village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Sonari
Area (hectares) 170.54 hectares
Population 523
Male Population 281
Female Population 242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghorpholia compares

By the 2011 count Ghorpholia is the 169th 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 170.54 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Ghorpholia

Ghorpholia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ghorpholia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Garkush Habi Gaon, Gazuating Grant Rongsali T E, Ghorachuwa and Ghorajan T E No 1. 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 Ghorpholia

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghorpholia village had a population of 523. That makes it the 169th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents.

Ghorpholia village has 281 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghorpholia has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Ghorpholia covers 170.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghorpholia falls under Sonari tehsil of Sivasagar district in Assam.

The census record for Ghorpholia 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 km distance for Ghorpholia.

Ghorpholia is in Sonari 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 Ghorpholia today is likely to be higher.

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