About Dekar Gaon Village

Dekar Gaon is a mid sized village in Chariduar tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 418 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 784501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dekar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dekar Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Tehsil	Chariduar
Pincode	784501
Area (hectares)	228.51 hectares
Population	784
Male Population	418
Female Population	366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dekar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Dekar Gaon is the 143rd largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 977 residents. Its 228.51 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Dekar Gaon

Dekar Gaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dekar Gaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dekar Gaon from other places

Dekar 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 Dekar Gaon
Nearest railway station	Mazbat	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chariduar	24 km
District headquarters	Sonitpur	24 km
Nearest town	Dhekiajuli	30 km

Villages closest to Dekar Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chariduar 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.

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Common questions about Dekar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dekar Gaon village had a population of 784. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 977 residents.

Dekar Gaon village has 418 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dekar Gaon has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Dekar Gaon is 784501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dekar Gaon covers 228.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dekar Gaon falls under Chariduar tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Dekar Gaon is Mazbat, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dekar Gaon.

Dekar 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.

Dekar Gaon is in Chariduar tehsil of Sonitpur district. Mazbat is about 9.2 km away. Chariduar 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.