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About Megala Gaon No 2 Village

Megala Gaon No 2 is a mid sized village in Doom Dooma tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,297, made up of 653 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megala Gaon No 2 Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megala Gaon No 2 village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Doom Dooma
Pincode 786154
Area (hectares) 279.33 hectares
Population 1,297
Male Population 653
Female Population 644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Megala Gaon No 2 compares

By the 2011 count Megala Gaon No 2 is the 92nd largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 938 residents. Its 279.33 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Megala Gaon No 2

Megala Gaon No 2 is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Megala Gaon No 2 as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Megala Gaon No 2 from other places

Megala Gaon No 2 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 Megala Gaon No 2
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 Megala Gaon No 2

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 Megala Gaon No 2

As per the Census of India 2011, Megala Gaon No 2 village had a population of 1,297. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 938 residents.

Megala Gaon No 2 village has 653 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megala Gaon No 2 has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Megala Gaon No 2 is 786154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megala Gaon No 2 covers 279.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Megala Gaon No 2 falls under Doom Dooma tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Megala Gaon No 2 is Hansara, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Megala Gaon No 2.

Megala Gaon No 2 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.

Megala Gaon No 2 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 Megala Gaon No 2 today is likely to be higher.

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