# Bijung Punji Village, Lakhipur, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Lakhipur, Cachar 

# Bijung Punji

Bijung Punji is a village in Lakhipur sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **65 people in 12 households**, the 223rd largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 65people (2011)
- 12households
- 52.2%literacy
- 1,167females per 1,000 males

## Bijung Punji PIN code and other codes

Bijung Punji falls in Lakhipur sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatDighli Lakhichera
- Community development blockRajabazar
- Census village code299839

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

## How far is Bijung Punji from nearby towns?

- Lakhipur (sub-district HQ)600 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)55 km by road
- Lakhipur (nearest town)30 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 Bijung Punji?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Bijung Punji; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ailapool
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pailapool
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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.

## Homes and amenities in Bijung Punji

Of every 100 households in Bijung Punji in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijung Punji · ■ Lakhipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**31%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

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

**12%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****77%**

**40%

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 Bijung Punji?

■ Bijung Punji · ■ Lakhipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1167**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**947

Working population ****26.2%**

**39.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 38.5% for women. 40% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Cultivators 17 (100%)

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 Lakhipur

- Sibnagar96 people
- Jinam Paithe Punji93 people
- Singa Punji89 people
- Choto Tulpi Punji82 people
- Lowarjiri P.T.V.62 people
- U.S. Digor Mutrachera58 people
- U.S. Anandapur52 people
- Tuiset Punji48 people

[All 254 villages in Lakhipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/cachar/lakhipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bijung Punji from Silchar?55 km by road
- What is the population of Bijung Punji?65 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijung Punji in?Cachar district (Lakhipur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bijung Punji?52.2% (Census 2011)