# Sastar Village, Srijangram, Bongaigaon (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Srijangram, Bongaigaon 

# Sastar

Sastar is a village in Srijangram sub-district of Bongaigaon district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **83 people in 23 households**, the 209th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.4%.

- 83people (2011)
- 23households
- 75.0%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Sastar PIN code and other codes

Sastar falls in Srijangram sub-district, Bongaigaon district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatSrijangram
- Community development blockSrijangram
- Census village code301529

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

## How far is Sastar from nearby towns?

- Bongaigaon (district HQ)30 km by road
- Abhayapuri (nearest town)10 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 Sastar?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Sastar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Abhayapuri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Abhayapuri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Sastar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, jute and vegetable**. About 37% of the 32 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 Sastar

Of every 100 households in Sastar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sastar · ■ Srijangram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**70%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**48%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

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 Sastar?

■ Sastar · ■ Srijangram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**63.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**968

Working population ****54.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 63.2% for women. 51% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (11%) · **■** Marginal 18 (40%)

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 Srijangram

- Parerchar Pt I145 people
- Topgaon Pt II114 people
- Uttar Salmara Pt V109 people
- Kharagaon Pt III85 people
- Bhakuamari Pt II58 people
- Kakaijana Bamungaon Pahar31 people

[All 211 villages in Srijangram](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/bongaigaon/srijangram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sastar from Bongaigaon?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sastar?83 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sastar in?Bongaigaon district (Srijangram sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sastar?75.0% (Census 2011)