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About Bam Gaon Village

Bam Gaon is a mid sized village in Biswanath tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 344 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.73 hectares hectares.

Bam Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bam Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Biswanath
Area (hectares) 214.73 hectares
Population 664
Male Population 344
Female Population 320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bam Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bam Gaon is the 188th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 214.73 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 958.

Getting to Bam Gaon

Bam 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 Bam Gaon 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 Bam Gaon from other places

Bam Gaon lies about 13 km from Sonitpur, and the nearest railway station is Hugrajuli Halt, about 15 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 Bam Gaon
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Biswanath 13 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Hugrajuli Halt 15 km

Villages closest to Bam Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Biswanath 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 Bam Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bam Gaon village had a population of 664. That makes it the 188th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Bam Gaon village has 344 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bam Gaon has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Bam Gaon covers 214.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bam Gaon falls under Biswanath tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bam Gaon is Hugrajuli Halt, about 15 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 Bam Gaon.

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

Bam Gaon is in Biswanath tehsil of Sonitpur district. Dhekiajuli is about 9.0 km away. Biswanath is about 13 km away. Sonitpur 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 Da Gaon (under 2 km), Majuli Ghur T E No 1 16 17 (9.8 km) and Majuli Ghur T E No 2 16 17 (9.8 km).

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

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