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About Long Tikhak Village

Long Tikhak is a small village in Margherita tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 168 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786182, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Long Tikhak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Long Tikhak village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Margherita
Pincode 786182
Area (hectares) 183.73 hectares
Population 324
Male Population 168
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Long Tikhak compares

By the 2011 count Long Tikhak is the 228th largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 183.73 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Long Tikhak

Long Tikhak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Long Tikhak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Long Tikhak from other places

Long Tikhak lies about 41 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Ledo, about 5.6 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 Long Tikhak
Nearest railway station Ledo 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Margherita 9.5 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 41 km

Villages closest to Long Tikhak

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 Long Tikhak

As per the Census of India 2011, Long Tikhak village had a population of 324. That makes it the 228th largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Long Tikhak village has 168 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Long Tikhak has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Long Tikhak is 786182. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Long Tikhak covers 183.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Long Tikhak falls under Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Long Tikhak is Ledo, about 5.6 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 10+ km distance for Long Tikhak.

Long Tikhak is about 41 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Long Tikhak is in Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district. Ledo is about 5.6 km away. Margherita is about 9.5 km away. Tinsukia is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Assam Rly Wla No 85 (3.2 km), Bisa Gaon No 1 (3.2 km) and Bisa Gaon No 2 (3.2 km).

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

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