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About Purani Jamaguri Gaon Village

Purani Jamaguri Gaon is a small village in Dhekiajuli tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 236 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.24 hectares hectares.

Purani Jamaguri Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Jamaguri Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Dhekiajuli
Area (hectares) 204.24 hectares
Population 477
Male Population 236
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purani Jamaguri Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Purani Jamaguri Gaon is the 275th largest of the 393 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 204.24 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Purani Jamaguri Gaon

Purani Jamaguri Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Purani Jamaguri Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Purani Jamaguri Gaon from other places

Purani Jamaguri 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 Purani Jamaguri Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Dhekiajuli 9.0 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Hugrajuli Halt 15 km

Villages closest to Purani Jamaguri 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 Purani Jamaguri Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Jamaguri Gaon village had a population of 477. That makes it the 275th largest of the 393 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Purani Jamaguri Gaon village has 236 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Jamaguri Gaon has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Purani Jamaguri Gaon covers 204.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purani Jamaguri Gaon falls under Dhekiajuli tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Purani Jamaguri 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 <5 km distance for Purani Jamaguri Gaon.

Purani Jamaguri 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.

Purani Jamaguri 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 Purani Jamaguri Gaon today is likely to be higher.

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