About Meher Basti Forest Village

Meher Basti Forest is a small village in Chariduar tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 87 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 784103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meher Basti Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meher Basti Forest village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
Tehsil	Chariduar
Pincode	784103
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	87
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meher Basti Forest compares

By the 2011 count Meher Basti Forest is the 302nd largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 977 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Meher Basti Forest

Meher Basti Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Meher Basti Forest 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mainajuli Grant, Majar Hola, Manijarani and Mansiri. 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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Meher Basti Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Meher Basti Forest village had a population of 178. That makes it the 302nd largest of the 323 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 977 residents.

Meher Basti Forest village has 87 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meher Basti Forest has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Meher Basti Forest is 784103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meher Basti Forest covers 128 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.

Meher Basti Forest falls under Chariduar tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The census record for Meher Basti Forest notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Meher Basti Forest.

Meher Basti Forest is in Chariduar 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.

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