Village · Kalgachia, Barpeta
# Kaur Jahi

Kaur Jahi is a village in Kalgachia sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 1,185 people in 238 households, the 69th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.
- 1,185 people (2011)
- 238 households
- 52.3% literacy
- 1,012 females per 1,000 males

## Kaur Jahi PIN code and other codes

Kaur Jahi falls in Kalgachia sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.
- Gram panchayat Lachanga
- Community development block Ruposhi
- Census village code 282711

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

## How far is Kaur Jahi from nearby towns?
- Barpeta (district HQ) 18 km by road
- Sarbhog Tc (nearest town) 15 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Kaur Jahi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kaur Jahi; 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
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road 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 · Kalgachia
- ○ Degree college under 5 km · Kalgachia
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital under 5 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kaur Jahi known for?

The main crops are paddy, jute and wheat. About 60% of the 155 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kaur Jahi

Of every 100 households in Kaur Jahi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaur Jahi · ■ Kalgachia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 9%
- Toilet within the home 92% 79%
- No toilet (open defecation) 8% 21%
- Tap water 0% 0%
- Drinking water within premises 50% 61%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 6% 16%
- Television 0% 5%
- Mobile phone 23% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 45% 37%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Kaur Jahi?

■ Kaur Jahi · ■ Kalgachia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.3% 54.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1012 936
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 992 952
- Working population 29.2% 29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.9% for men and 45.8% for women. 51% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 253 (73%) · ■ Farm labourers 19 (5%) · ■ Household industry 6 (2%) · ■ Other work 30 (9%) · ■ Marginal 38 (11%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kalgachia
- Hatijuna 1,384 people
- Bankabhanga 1,362 people
- Nadiapara 1,361 people
- Kayakuchi Gaon 1,315 people
- Balikuri Gaon 1,158 people
- Pathar Chali 1,081 people
- Sawrachar Pathar 1,039 people
- Besimari 1,032 people

All 100 villages in Kalgachia

## Quick answers
- How far is Kaur Jahi from Barpeta? 18 km by road
- What is the population of Kaur Jahi? 1,185 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaur Jahi in? Barpeta district (Kalgachia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Kaur Jahi? 52.3% (Census 2011)

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