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About Orang Protected Forest Area Village

Orang Protected Forest Area is a small village in Dhekiajuli tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42. The village covers 221 hectares hectares.

Orang Protected Forest Area Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orang Protected Forest Area village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Dhekiajuli
Area (hectares) 221 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 42
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 Orang Protected Forest Area compares

By the 2011 count Orang Protected Forest Area is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Getting to Orang Protected Forest Area

Orang Protected Forest Area is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Orang Protected Forest Area 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 Orang Protected Forest Area from other places

Orang Protected Forest Area lies about 15 km from Sonitpur, and the nearest railway station is Mazbat, about 10 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 Orang Protected Forest Area
Nearest railway station Mazbat 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhekiajuli 15 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 15 km

Villages closest to Orang Protected Forest Area

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 Orang Protected Forest Area

As per the Census of India 2011, Orang Protected Forest Area village had a population of 42. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Orang Protected Forest Area covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Orang Protected Forest Area falls under Dhekiajuli tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Orang Protected Forest Area is Mazbat, about 10 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 Orang Protected Forest Area.

Orang Protected Forest Area is about 15 km from Sonitpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orang Protected Forest Area is in Dhekiajuli tehsil of Sonitpur district. Mazbat is about 10 km away. Dhekiajuli is about 15 km away. Sonitpur 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 Bher Gaon (4.1 km), Amtal Bangali Gaon (7.6 km) and Balisuti Garani Gaon (7.6 km).

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

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