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About Bamun Gaon Village

Bamun Gaon is a mid sized village in Na Duar tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 398 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.89 hectares hectares.

Bamun Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamun Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Na Duar
Area (hectares) 274.89 hectares
Population 738
Male Population 398
Female Population 340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bamun Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bamun Gaon is the 108th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 274.89 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 969.

Getting to Bamun Gaon

Bamun Gaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bamun 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bamun Gaon from other places

Bamun 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 Bamun Gaon
Nearest railway station Mazbat 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Na Duar 24 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 24 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 30 km

Villages closest to Bamun Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Na Duar 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 Bamun Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamun Gaon village had a population of 738. That makes it the 108th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Bamun Gaon village has 398 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamun Gaon has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Bamun Gaon covers 274.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bamun Gaon falls under Na Duar tehsil of Sonitpur district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Bamun Gaon is Mazbat, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bamun Gaon.

Bamun 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.

Bamun Gaon is in Na Duar tehsil of Sonitpur district. Mazbat is about 9.2 km away. Na Duar 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.

The closest recorded villages are Ghahi Gaon (under 2 km), Hukai Gaon (under 2 km) and Kumar Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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