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About Rath Gaon Village

Rath Gaon is a small village in Margherita tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 116 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.62 hectares hectares.

Rath Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rath Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Margherita
Area (hectares) 84.62 hectares
Population 216
Male Population 116
Female Population 100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
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 Rath Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Rath Gaon is the 263rd largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 84.62 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Rath Gaon

Rath Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rath Gaon 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 Rath Gaon from other places

Rath Gaon lies about 26 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Naharkatiya, about 8.1 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 Rath Gaon
Nearest railway station Naharkatiya 8.1 km
Nearest town Duliajan 14 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Margherita 26 km

Villages closest to Rath 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 Rath Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Rath Gaon village had a population of 216. That makes it the 263rd largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Rath Gaon village has 116 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rath Gaon has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Rath Gaon covers 84.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rath Gaon falls under Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Rath Gaon is Naharkatiya, about 8.1 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 Rath Gaon.

Rath Gaon is about 26 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rath Gaon is in Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district. Naharkatiya is about 8.1 km away. Duliajan is about 14 km away. Tinsukia is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amrit Gaon (under 2 km), Chipe Gaon (under 2 km) and Hemza Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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