# Menam Mikir Punjee Village, Katigora, Cachar (Assam)

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Village · Katigora, Cachar 

# Menam Mikir Punjee

Menam Mikir Punjee is a village in Katigora sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **366 people in 74 households**, the 162nd largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 366people (2011)
- 74households
- 59.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Menam Mikir Punjee PIN code and other codes

Menam Mikir Punjee falls in Katigora sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Community development blockKalain
- Census village code299042

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

## How far is Menam Mikir Punjee from nearby towns?

- Katigora (sub-district HQ)330 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)40 km by road
- Badarpur (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 Menam Mikir Punjee?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Menam Mikir Punjee; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jalalpur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kolain
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river and tanks / ponds
- 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 Menam Mikir Punjee known for?

About 15% of the 61 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 Menam Mikir Punjee

Of every 100 households in Menam Mikir Punjee in 2011, 1 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Menam Mikir Punjee · ■ Katigora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**12%

Tap water ****0%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****19%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Menam Mikir Punjee?

■ Menam Mikir Punjee · ■ Katigora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**943

Working population ****27.0%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.6% for men and 59.4% for women. 45% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (76%) · **■** Marginal 22 (22%)

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

- Rangar Pt III420 people
- Bhairabpur Pt VI419 people
- Tarinipur Pt II402 people
- Pratapi Para400 people
- Daralcherra Khasia Punjee364 people
- Baraitoli Pt IV342 people
- Maugram336 people
- Ailatal335 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Menam Mikir Punjee from Silchar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Menam Mikir Punjee?366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menam Mikir Punjee in?Cachar district (Katigora sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Menam Mikir Punjee?59.0% (Census 2011)