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About Jhia Gaon Village

Jhia Gaon is a small village in Sadiya tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 214 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.3 hectares hectares.

Jhia Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhia Gaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Sadiya
Area (hectares) 164.3 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 214
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhia Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Jhia Gaon is the 85th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 542 residents. Its 164.3 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Jhia Gaon

Jhia Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jhia Gaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jhia Gaon from other places

Jhia Gaon lies about 52 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Dangari, about 21 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 Jhia Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Sadiya 4.8 km
Nearest railway station Dangari 21 km
Nearest town Dum Duma 36 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 52 km

Villages closest to Jhia Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sadiya 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 Jhia Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhia Gaon village had a population of 432. That makes it the 85th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 542 residents.

Jhia Gaon village has 214 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhia Gaon has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Jhia Gaon covers 164.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhia Gaon falls under Sadiya tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Jhia Gaon is Dangari, about 21 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jhia Gaon.

Jhia Gaon is about 52 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhia Gaon is in Sadiya tehsil of Tinsukia district. Sadiya is about 4.8 km away. Dangari is about 21 km away. Dum Duma is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bojal Gaon (3.0 km), Dopani Borgaon (3.6 km) and Chandrapur (4.0 km).

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

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