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

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Village · Barpeta, Barpeta 

# Dakreswar

Dakreswar is a village in Barpeta sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **940 people in 225 households**, the 113th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 940people (2011)
- 225households
- 76.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Dakreswar PIN code and other codes

Dakreswar falls in Barpeta sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatPazarbhanga
- Community development blockGomaphulbari
- Census village code283122

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

## How far is Dakreswar from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)13 km by road
- Barpeta (nearest town)13 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 Dakreswar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dakreswar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Palhaji
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Palhaji
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 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 Dakreswar known for?

About 80% of the 146 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Dakreswar

Of every 100 households in Dakreswar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakreswar · ■ Barpeta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**86%

Use banking services ****9%**

**31%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dakreswar?

■ Dakreswar · ■ Barpeta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**958

Working population ****28.6%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 69.5% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (6%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 88 (33%) · **■** Marginal 23 (9%)

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 Barpeta

- Balarbhitha1,072 people
- Dewlipara1,048 people
- Bar Baradi1,005 people
- Baradi994 people
- Satra Baradi915 people
- Paka Betbari Pathar884 people
- Bamuna858 people
- Bara831 people

[All 137 villages in Barpeta](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/barpeta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dakreswar from Barpeta?13 km by road
- What is the population of Dakreswar?940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakreswar in?Barpeta district (Barpeta sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Dakreswar?76.0% (Census 2011)