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

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Village · Katigora, Cachar 

# Panch Gram

Panch Gram is a village in Katigora sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **537 people in 93 households**, the 147th largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 537people (2011)
- 93households
- 56.5%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Panch Gram PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatGobindaspur G.P
- Community development blockKatigorah
- Census village code298954

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

## How far is Panch Gram from nearby towns?

- Katigora (sub-district HQ)350 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Badarpur (nearest town)6 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 Panch Gram?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Katigorh
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Panch Gram known for?

About 25% 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 Panch Gram

Of every 100 households in Panch Gram in 2011, 0 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panch Gram · ■ Katigora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**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 ****43%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**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 Panch Gram?

■ Panch Gram · ■ Katigora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1137**

**943

Working population ****47.5%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 53.4% for women. 48% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 84 (33%) · **■** Marginal 171 (67%)

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

- Saidpur Pt III654 people
- Khelma Pt IV634 people
- Kushierkul618 people
- Mahadevpur570 people
- Dudpur Pt II530 people
- Lakhipur Pt III528 people
- Teli Tikar Pt I513 people
- Karkari T.E.510 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Panch Gram from Silchar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Panch Gram?537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panch Gram in?Cachar district (Katigora sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Panch Gram?56.5% (Census 2011)