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About Maral Gaon Village

Maral Gaon is a mid sized village in Biswanath tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,592, made up of 795 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333 hectares hectares.

Maral Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maral Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Biswanath
Area (hectares) 333 hectares
Population 1,592
Male Population 795
Female Population 797
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Maral Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Maral Gaon is the 59th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 931 residents. Its 333 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Maral Gaon

Maral 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 Maral 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maral Gaon from other places

Maral Gaon lies about 24 km from Sonitpur, and the nearest railway station is Mazbat, about 9.2 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 Maral Gaon
Nearest railway station Mazbat 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Biswanath 24 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 24 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 30 km

Villages closest to Maral 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 Maral Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Maral Gaon village had a population of 1,592. That makes it the 59th largest of the 346 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 931 residents.

Maral Gaon village has 795 males and 797 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maral Gaon has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Maral Gaon covers 333 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maral Gaon is Mazbat, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Maral Gaon.

Maral Gaon is about 24 km from Sonitpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maral Gaon is in Biswanath tehsil of Sonitpur district. Mazbat is about 9.2 km away. Biswanath is about 24 km away. Sonitpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamar Gaon (under 2 km), Maran Gaon (under 2 km) and Bam Gaon (25 km).

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

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