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

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Village · Kalgachia, Barpeta 

# Monakocha

Monakocha is a village in Kalgachia sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,551 people in 306 households**, the 61st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 1,551people (2011)
- 306households
- 64.9%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Monakocha PIN code and other codes

Monakocha falls in Kalgachia sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBolai Pathar
- Community development blockRuposhi
- Census village code282708

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

## How far is Monakocha from nearby towns?

- Barpeta (district HQ)30 km by road
- Sarbhog Tc (nearest town)20 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 Monakocha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Monakocha; 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
- ●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 · Chakla
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kalgachia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barpeta
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 16 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 Monakocha known for?

The main crops are **paddy, jute and wheat**. About 82% of the 169 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 Monakocha

Of every 100 households in Monakocha in 2011, 13 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Monakocha · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**21%

Tap water ****1%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**16%

Television ****7%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Monakocha?

■ Monakocha · ■ Kalgachia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**952

Working population ****28.1%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 61.6% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 83 (19%) · **■** Marginal 58 (13%)

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 Kalgachia

- Char Charia1,686 people
- Dewkura1,681 people
- Pahartali1,652 people
- Phulora N.C.1,622 people
- Uttar Moinbari1,466 people
- Sonabari1,459 people
- Hapachara Pathar1,385 people
- Hatijuna1,384 people

[All 100 villages in Kalgachia](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/barpeta/kalgachia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Monakocha from Barpeta?30 km by road
- What is the population of Monakocha?1,551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Monakocha in?Barpeta district (Kalgachia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Monakocha?64.9% (Census 2011)