Village · Tamulpur, Baksa
# Dakhin Gandhibari

Dakhin Gandhibari is a village in Tamulpur sub-district of Baksa district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 1,930 people in 387 households, the 26th largest of 183 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.
- 1,930 people (2011)
- 387 households
- 74.8% literacy
- 1,019 females per 1,000 males

## Dakhin Gandhibari PIN code and other codes

Dakhin Gandhibari falls in Tamulpur sub-district, Baksa district, Assam.
- Community development block Nagrijuli
- Census village code 304775

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Dakhin Gandhibari from nearby towns?
- Guwahati (sub-district HQ) 79 km by road
- Mushalpur (district HQ) 66 km by road
- Rangia (nearest town) 26 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Dakhin Gandhibari?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Dakhin Gandhibari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Uttar Gandhibari
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Tamulpur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Nalbari
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dakhin Gandhibari known for?

The main crops are paddy and wheat. About 58% of the 432 hectares of village land is sown, and 250 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Dakhin Gandhibari

Of every 100 households in Dakhin Gandhibari in 2011, 20 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakhin Gandhibari · ■ Tamulpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 20% 27%
- Toilet within the home 40% 36%
- No toilet (open defecation) 60% 63%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 26% 38%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 95%
- Use banking services 14% 26%
- Television 23% 22%
- Mobile phone 48% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 5% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 13% 16%
- Own their home 99% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dakhin Gandhibari?

■ Dakhin Gandhibari · ■ Tamulpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.8% 63.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1019 967
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 920 988
- Working population 48.2% 43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 67.3% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 268 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 64 (7%) · ■ Household industry 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 154 (17%) · ■ Marginal 439 (47%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tamulpur
- Natun Howli 2,035 people
- Teteliguri 1,979 people
- No.2 Bagarikhuti 1,968 people
- Kachukata 1,931 people
- Barkhopa 1,838 people
- Chandanpur 1,804 people
- No.1 Bagarikhuti 1,780 people
- Jhargaon 1,774 people

All 183 villages in Tamulpur

## Quick answers
- How far is Dakhin Gandhibari from Mushalpur? 66 km by road
- What is the population of Dakhin Gandhibari? 1,930 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakhin Gandhibari in? Baksa district (Tamulpur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Dakhin Gandhibari? 74.8% (Census 2011)

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