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About Khanikar Village

Khanikar is a mid sized village in Sonari tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 584 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205.86 hectares hectares.

Khanikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanikar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sivasagar
Tehsil Sonari
Area (hectares) 205.86 hectares
Population 1,166
Male Population 584
Female Population 582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 997
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khanikar compares

By the 2011 count Khanikar is the 88th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents. Its 205.86 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Khanikar

Khanikar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khanikar 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kanu Gaon No 2, Kanu Gaon No 6, Kanubari Gaon No 7 and Kathia Khunda 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 Khanikar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanikar village had a population of 1,166. That makes it the 88th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents.

Khanikar village has 584 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanikar has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Khanikar covers 205.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanikar falls under Sonari 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 km distance for Khanikar.

Khanikar 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 Khanikar today is likely to be higher.

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