# Guagacha Village, Barnagar, Barpeta (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barnagar, Barpeta 

# Guagacha

Guagacha is a village in Barnagar sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,752 people in 365 households**, the 38th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,752people (2011)
- 365households
- 76.7%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Guagacha PIN code and other codes

Guagacha falls in Barnagar sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatUttar Howly
- Community development blockGobardhana
- Census village code282632

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Guagacha from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)16 km by road
- Barpeta Road (nearest town)6 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Guagacha?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Guagacha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Barpeta Road
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Barpeta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 15 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Guagacha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 251 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Guagacha

Of every 100 households in Guagacha in 2011, 38 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Guagacha · ■ Barnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**88%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Guagacha?

■ Guagacha · ■ Barnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**956

Working population ****37.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 70.1% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 407 (62%) · **■** Marginal 107 (16%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Barnagar

- Bare Gaon1,914 people
- Fewra Khowa1,900 people
- Uttar Ganakguri1,881 people
- Bhaluk Doba1,798 people
- Sulikata1,752 people
- Dakshin Gonakgari1,704 people
- Barbari Jhar1,654 people
- Dharma Pur1,654 people

[All 93 villages in Barnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/barnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guagacha from Barpeta?16 km by road
- What is the population of Guagacha?1,752 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guagacha in?Barpeta district (Barnagar sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Guagacha?76.7% (Census 2011)
