# Elgin Grant Village, Silchar, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Silchar, Cachar 

# Elgin Grant

Elgin Grant is a village in Silchar sub-district of Cachar district, Assam, PIN code **788007**. The 2011 Census counted **516 people in 114 households**, the 203rd largest of 245 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 516people (2011)
- 114households
- 47.6%literacy
- 788007PIN code

## Elgin Grant PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Elgin Grant is 788007.** Elgin Grant falls in Silchar sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- PIN code788007
- Gram panchayatChincoorie G.P
- Community development blockTapang
- Census village code299255

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

## How far is Elgin Grant from nearby towns?

- Silchar (sub-district HQ)400 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)10 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)10 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 Elgin Grant?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Silchar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 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.

## What is Elgin Grant known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 50% of the 197 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 Elgin Grant

Of every 100 households in Elgin Grant in 2011, 0 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Elgin Grant · ■ Silchar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**15%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****1%**

**37%

Television ****6%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****86%**

**39%

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 Elgin Grant?

■ Elgin Grant · ■ Silchar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.6%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1344**

**965

Working population ****37.2%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 37.6% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 63 (33%) · **■** Marginal 122 (64%)

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 Silchar

- Tapang Pt II540 people
- Rampur Garden533 people
- Sonachera Pt I529 people
- Dudhpatil Pt III527 people
- Madhurapur Grant512 people
- Baluchari F.V.510 people
- Gangapur483 people
- Abongchara Grant Pt I476 people

[All 246 villages in Silchar](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/cachar/silchar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Elgin Grant?788007
- How far is Elgin Grant from Silchar?10 km by road
- What is the population of Elgin Grant?516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Elgin Grant in?Cachar district (Silchar sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Elgin Grant?47.6% (Census 2011)