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About Namhollong Block Gaon Village

Namhollong Block Gaon is a small village in Margherita tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 176 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namhollong Block Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namhollong Block Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Margherita
Pincode 786152
Area (hectares) 98.78 hectares
Population 345
Male Population 176
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Namhollong Block Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Namhollong Block Gaon is the 222nd largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 98.78 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Namhollong Block Gaon

Namhollong Block Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Namhollong Block Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Namhollong Block Gaon from other places

Namhollong Block Gaon lies about 21 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Tingrai, about under 2 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 Namhollong Block Gaon
Nearest railway station Tingrai under 2 km
Nearest town Digboi 9.7 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Margherita 23 km

Villages closest to Namhollong Block Gaon

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 Namhollong Block Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Namhollong Block Gaon village had a population of 345. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Namhollong Block Gaon village has 176 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namhollong Block Gaon has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Namhollong Block Gaon is 786152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namhollong Block Gaon covers 98.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Namhollong Block Gaon falls under Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Namhollong Block Gaon is Tingrai, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Namhollong Block Gaon.

Namhollong Block Gaon is about 21 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namhollong Block Gaon is in Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district. Tingrai is about under 2 km away. Digboi is about 9.7 km away. Tinsukia is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balijan Forest Gaon (under 2 km), Golai Aoc Block Gaon (under 2 km) and Hahkhata Rahbari Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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