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About Purani Matapung No 5 Village

Purani Matapung No 5 is a small village in Doom Dooma tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 41, made up of 19 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,158 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.8 hectares hectares.

Purani Matapung No 5 Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Matapung No 5 village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Doom Dooma
Area (hectares) 234.8 hectares
Population 41
Male Population 19
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,158
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 Purani Matapung No 5 compares

By the 2011 count Purani Matapung No 5 is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 938 residents. Its 234.8 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 971.

Getting to Purani Matapung No 5

Purani Matapung No 5 is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purani Matapung No 5 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 Purani Matapung No 5 from other places

Purani Matapung No 5 lies about 29 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Bogapani, about 3.5 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 Purani Matapung No 5
Nearest railway station Bogapani 3.5 km
Nearest town Digboi 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Doom Dooma 18 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 29 km

Villages closest to Purani Matapung No 5

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 Purani Matapung No 5

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Matapung No 5 village had a population of 41. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 938 residents.

Purani Matapung No 5 village has 19 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Matapung No 5 has about 1158 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Purani Matapung No 5 covers 234.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purani Matapung No 5 falls under Doom Dooma tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Purani Matapung No 5 is Bogapani, about 3.5 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 Purani Matapung No 5.

Purani Matapung No 5 is about 29 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani Matapung No 5 is in Doom Dooma tehsil of Tinsukia district. Bogapani is about 3.5 km away. Digboi is about 3.9 km away. Doom Dooma is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badlabheta T E No 559 Wl (under 2 km), Bisa Kupi T E 8 No L C (under 2 km) and Chuta Hapjan G Aon No 1 (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Purani Matapung No 5 today is likely to be higher.

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