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About Majgaon Village

Majgaon is a mid sized village in Sadiya tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 717, made up of 363 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390 hectares hectares.

Majgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majgaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Tehsil Sadiya
Area (hectares) 390 hectares
Population 717
Male Population 363
Female Population 354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Majgaon compares

By the 2011 count Majgaon is the 36th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 542 residents. Its 390 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Majgaon

Majgaon 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 Majgaon 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majgaon from other places

Majgaon lies about 60 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Dangari, about 29 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 Majgaon
Tehsil headquarters Sadiya 13 km
Nearest railway station Dangari 29 km
Nearest town Dum Duma 42 km
District headquarters Tinsukia 60 km

Villages closest to Majgaon

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 Majgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Majgaon village had a population of 717. That makes it the 36th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 542 residents.

Majgaon village has 363 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majgaon has about 975 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 964.

Majgaon covers 390 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.

Majgaon falls under Sadiya tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Majgaon is Dangari, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Majgaon.

Majgaon is about 60 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majgaon is in Sadiya tehsil of Tinsukia district. Sadiya is about 13 km away. Dangari is about 29 km away. Dum Duma is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majuli (1.5 km), Telikola Hollow (1.9 km) and Hollow Gaon (2.8 km).

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

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