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

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Village · Katigora, Cachar 

# Tuker Gram

Tuker Gram is a village in Katigora sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 261 households**, the 97th largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 261households
- 79.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Tuker Gram PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatHarinagar
- Community development blockKatigorah
- Census village code298924

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

## How far is Tuker Gram from nearby towns?

- Katigora (sub-district HQ)360 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Badarpur (nearest town)12 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 Tuker Gram?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Tuker 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Badarpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 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 Tuker Gram known for?

About 45% 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 Tuker Gram

Of every 100 households in Tuker Gram in 2011, 0 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tuker Gram · ■ Katigora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

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

**86%

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

**12%

Tap water ****59%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**10%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****2%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****61%**

**44%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Tuker Gram?

■ Tuker Gram · ■ Katigora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**943

Working population ****27.6%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 76.2% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 225 (66%) · **■** Marginal 69 (20%)

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

- Kalinagar1,285 people
- Chandi Nagar Pt III1,267 people
- Baikuntapur T.E.1,263 people
- Gobindapur Pt II1,252 people
- Chandpur Pt II1,242 people
- Behara Pt I1,232 people
- Rangpur1,212 people
- Sewti Pt II1,188 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tuker Gram from Silchar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Tuker Gram?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tuker Gram in?Cachar district (Katigora sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Tuker Gram?79.7% (Census 2011)
