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About Golai Gaon No 5 Village

Golai Gaon No 5 is a mid sized village in Margherita tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 549 males and 465 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golai Gaon No 5 Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golai Gaon No 5 village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Margherita
Pincode 786171
Area (hectares) 74.55 hectares
Population 1,014
Male Population 549
Female Population 465
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Golai Gaon No 5 compares

By the 2011 count Golai Gaon No 5 is the 87th largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 74.55 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Golai Gaon No 5

Golai Gaon No 5 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 Golai Gaon No 5 as Available within 5 - 10 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 Golai Gaon No 5 from other places

Golai Gaon No 5 lies about 23 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Naharkatiya, about 5.8 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 Golai Gaon No 5
Nearest railway station Naharkatiya 5.8 km
Nearest town Duliajan 11 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Margherita 28 km

Villages closest to Golai Gaon No 5

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margherita 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 Golai Gaon No 5

As per the Census of India 2011, Golai Gaon No 5 village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 87th largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Golai Gaon No 5 village has 549 males and 465 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golai Gaon No 5 has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Golai Gaon No 5 is 786171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golai Gaon No 5 covers 74.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Golai Gaon No 5 falls under Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Golai Gaon No 5 is Naharkatiya, about 5.8 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Golai Gaon No 5.

Golai Gaon No 5 is about 23 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golai Gaon No 5 is in Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district. Naharkatiya is about 5.8 km away. Duliajan is about 11 km away. Tinsukia is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abor Gaon N C (under 2 km), Baghmora Gaon (under 2 km) and Chiboo Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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