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About Da Gaon Village

Da Gaon is a small village in Biswanath tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 70 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.05 hectares hectares.

Da Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Da Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Biswanath
Area (hectares) 87.05 hectares
Population 124
Male Population 70
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 771
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Da Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Da Gaon is the 317th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 87.05 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Da Gaon

Da Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Da Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Da Gaon from other places

Da 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 Da 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 Da 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 Da Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Da Gaon village had a population of 124. That makes it the 317th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Da Gaon village has 70 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Da Gaon has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Da Gaon covers 87.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Da Gaon is Hugrajuli Halt, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 - 10 km distance for Da Gaon.

Da 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.

Da 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 Bam 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 Da Gaon today is likely to be higher.

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