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About Gatang Gaon Village

Gatang 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 796, made up of 401 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.57 hectares hectares.

Gatang Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatang Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Doom Dooma
Area (hectares) 162.57 hectares
Population 796
Male Population 401
Female Population 395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gatang Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gatang Gaon is the 180th largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 938 residents. Its 162.57 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 Gatang Gaon

Gatang Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gatang Gaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gatang Gaon from other places

Gatang 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 Gatang 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 Gatang 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.

Common questions about Gatang Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatang Gaon village had a population of 796. That makes it the 180th largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 938 residents.

Gatang Gaon village has 401 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatang Gaon has about 985 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.

Gatang Gaon covers 162.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gatang 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 village for Gatang Gaon.

Gatang 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.

Gatang 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.

The closest recorded villages are Ahom Gaon (under 2 km), Ajukha Gaon (under 2 km) and Amguri Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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