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About Meghai Jarani Gaon Village

Meghai Jarani Gaon is a mid sized village in Dhekiajuli tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 496 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 784149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meghai Jarani Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meghai Jarani Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Dhekiajuli
Pincode 784149
Area (hectares) 196.24 hectares
Population 923
Male Population 496
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Meghai Jarani Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Meghai Jarani Gaon is the 170th largest of the 393 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 196.24 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 973.

Getting to Meghai Jarani Gaon

Meghai Jarani Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meghai Jarani Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Meghai Jarani Gaon from other places

Meghai Jarani 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 Meghai Jarani Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Dhekiajuli 9.0 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Hugrajuli Halt 15 km

Villages closest to Meghai Jarani Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhekiajuli 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 Meghai Jarani Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Meghai Jarani Gaon village had a population of 923. That makes it the 170th largest of the 393 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Meghai Jarani Gaon village has 496 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meghai Jarani Gaon has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Meghai Jarani Gaon is 784149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meghai Jarani Gaon covers 196.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meghai Jarani Gaon falls under Dhekiajuli tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Meghai Jarani Gaon is Hugrajuli Halt, about 15 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Meghai Jarani Gaon.

Meghai Jarani 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.

Meghai Jarani Gaon is in Dhekiajuli tehsil of Sonitpur district. Dhekiajuli is about 9.0 km away. Sonitpur is about 13 km away. Hugrajuli Halt is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amtal Bangali Gaon (under 2 km), Balisuti Garani Gaon (under 2 km) and Barbil Kachari Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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