About Chengelijan Village

Chengelijan is a large village in Biswanath tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,139, made up of 1,109 males and 1,030 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.37 hectares hectares.

Chengelijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chengelijan village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Tehsil	Biswanath
Area (hectares)	156.37 hectares
Population	2,139
Male Population	1,109
Female Population	1,030
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chengelijan compares

By the 2011 count Chengelijan is the 27th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 156.37 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Chengelijan

Chengelijan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chengelijan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Biswanath Town, Bongali Gaon, Bongaon and Brahmaputra Chapari. 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.

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Common questions about Chengelijan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chengelijan village had a population of 2,139. That makes it the 27th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Chengelijan village has 1,109 males and 1,030 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chengelijan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Chengelijan covers 156.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chengelijan falls under Biswanath tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The census record for Chengelijan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chengelijan.

Chengelijan is in Biswanath tehsil of Sonitpur 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.