# Gora Gram Village, Katigora, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Katigora, Cachar 

# Gora Gram

Gora Gram is a village in Katigora sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,005 people in 357 households**, the 47th largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 2,005people (2011)
- 357households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Gora Gram PIN code and other codes

Gora Gram falls in Katigora sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatKushirkul
- Community development blockKalain
- Census village code299101

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

## How far is Gora Gram from nearby towns?

- Katigora (sub-district HQ)350 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)41 km by road
- Badarpur (nearest town)26 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 Gora Gram?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Gora Gram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tarapur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Brahman Grant
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Gora Gram known for?

About 77% 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 Gora Gram

Of every 100 households in Gora Gram in 2011, 19 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gora Gram · ■ Katigora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**12%

Tap water ****27%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****42%**

**39%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**44%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Gora Gram?

■ Gora Gram · ■ Katigora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**943

Working population ****26.5%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 75.8% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 272 (51%) · **■** Marginal 217 (41%)

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 Katigora

- Niz Hari Tikar Pt II2,192 people
- Mohanpur Pt II2,077 people
- Nazat Pur2,036 people
- Niz Leverpute Pt II2,014 people
- Khelma Pt I2,002 people
- Chandi Nagar Pt IV1,945 people
- Chandpur Pt III1,887 people
- Saligram1,837 people

[All 221 villages in Katigora](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/cachar/katigora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gora Gram from Silchar?41 km by road
- What is the population of Gora Gram?2,005 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gora Gram in?Cachar district (Katigora sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Gora Gram?81.7% (Census 2011)