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About Saikhowa Gaon Village

Saikhowa 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 1,333, made up of 685 males and 648 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saikhowa Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saikhowa Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Doom Dooma
Pincode 786156
Area (hectares) 290.2 hectares
Population 1,333
Male Population 685
Female Population 648
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saikhowa Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Saikhowa Gaon is the 85th largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 938 residents. Its 290.2 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Saikhowa Gaon

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

How far is Saikhowa Gaon from other places

Saikhowa 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 Saikhowa 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 Saikhowa 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 Saikhowa Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Saikhowa Gaon village had a population of 1,333. That makes it the 85th largest of the 395 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 938 residents.

Saikhowa Gaon village has 685 males and 648 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saikhowa Gaon has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Saikhowa Gaon is 786156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saikhowa Gaon covers 290.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Saikhowa Gaon is Hansara, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Saikhowa 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.

Saikhowa 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 Saikhowa Gaon today is likely to be higher.

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