About Sonowal Gaon Village

Sonowal Gaon is a mid sized village in Doom Dooma tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 822, made up of 415 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.66 hectares hectares.

Sonowal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sonowal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Tinsukia
Tehsil	Doom Dooma
Area (hectares)	223.66 hectares
Population	822
Male Population	415
Female Population	407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
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 Sonowal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Sonowal Gaon is the 177th largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 938 residents. Its 223.66 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Sonowal Gaon

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

Sonowal Gaon lies about 15 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Hansara, about 3.8 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 Sonowal Gaon
Nearest railway station	Hansara	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Doom Dooma	5.9 km
Nearest town	Dum Duma	5.9 km
District headquarters	Tinsukia	15 km

Villages closest to Sonowal Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Doom Dooma 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.

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Common questions about Sonowal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Sonowal Gaon village had a population of 822. That makes it the 177th largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 938 residents.

Sonowal Gaon village has 415 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sonowal Gaon has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 971.

Sonowal Gaon covers 223.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sonowal Gaon falls under Doom Dooma tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Sonowal Gaon is Hansara, about 3.8 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 Sonowal Gaon.

Sonowal Gaon is about 15 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sonowal Gaon is in Doom Dooma tehsil of Tinsukia district. Hansara is about 3.8 km away. Doom Dooma is about 5.9 km away. Dum Duma is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.