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

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Village · Lakhipur, Cachar 

# Boma Punji

Boma Punji is a village in Lakhipur sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **435 people in 77 households**, the 139th largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 435people (2011)
- 77households
- 54.3%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Boma Punji PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDighli Lakhichera
- Community development blockRajabazar
- Census village code299792

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

## How far is Boma Punji from nearby towns?

- Lakhipur (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)55 km by road
- Lakhipur (nearest town)25 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 Boma Punji?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lakhipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pailapool
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / 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 Boma Punji

Of every 100 households in Boma Punji in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Boma Punji · ■ Lakhipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**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 ****1%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****82%**

**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 Boma Punji?

■ Boma Punji · ■ Lakhipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**947

Working population ****27.1%**

**39.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 44.0% for women. 42% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (83%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 15 (13%)

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

- Sibpur Pt II476 people
- Singerbond Pt I458 people
- Niz-Lakhipur Pt I450 people
- Santipur441 people
- Dharamnagar431 people
- Thipunagar423 people
- Machkhal Pt II422 people
- Dipuchera419 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Boma Punji from Silchar?55 km by road
- What is the population of Boma Punji?435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boma Punji in?Cachar district (Lakhipur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Boma Punji?54.3% (Census 2011)