# Talkar Grant Village, Katigora, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Katigora, Cachar 

# Talkar Grant

Talkar Grant is a village in Katigora sub-district of Cachar district, Assam, PIN code **788815**. The 2011 Census counted **8,068 people in 1,720 households**, the 1st largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 8,068people (2011)
- 1,720households
- 65.5%literacy
- 788815PIN code

## Talkar Grant PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Talkar Grant is 788815.** Talkar Grant falls in Katigora sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- PIN code788815
- Gram panchayatMahadevpur G.P
- Community development blockKalain
- Census village code299023

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

## How far is Talkar Grant from nearby towns?

- Katigora (sub-district HQ)330 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)46 km by road
- Badarpur (nearest town)22 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 Talkar Grant?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Talkar Grant; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tarapur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tarapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 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 Talkar Grant known for?

About 44% of the 1,372 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 Talkar Grant

Of every 100 households in Talkar Grant in 2011, 14 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Talkar Grant · ■ Katigora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**12%

Tap water ****6%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**10%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**44%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Talkar Grant?

■ Talkar Grant · ■ Katigora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**943

Working population ****36.5%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 58.7% for women. 54% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 528 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 1,791 (61%) · **■** Marginal 502 (17%)

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

- Sunapur Pt I4,775 people
- Dinanath Pur Grant4,662 people
- Behara Pt IV4,285 people
- Behara Pt III4,161 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Talkar Grant?788815
- How far is Talkar Grant from Silchar?46 km by road
- What is the population of Talkar Grant?8,068 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talkar Grant in?Cachar district (Katigora sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Talkar Grant?65.5% (Census 2011)
