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About Ban Gaon Village

Ban Gaon is a small village in Na Duar tehsil, in the district of Sonitpur, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 153 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.69 hectares hectares.

Ban Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Sonitpur
Tehsil Na Duar
Area (hectares) 195.69 hectares
Population 318
Male Population 153
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Ban Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Ban Gaon is the 159th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents. Its 195.69 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 969.

Getting to Ban Gaon

Ban 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 Ban Gaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ban Gaon from other places

Ban 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 Ban Gaon
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Na Duar 13 km
District headquarters Sonitpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Hugrajuli Halt 15 km

Villages closest to Ban 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 Ban Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Gaon village had a population of 318. That makes it the 159th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,136 residents.

Ban Gaon village has 153 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Gaon has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Ban Gaon covers 195.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Ban Gaon is Hugrajuli Halt, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Ban 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.

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

The closest recorded villages are Maz Gaon (under 2 km), Pat Gaon (under 2 km) and Nlr224 373monaibagisa No 2jai (9.8 km).

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

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