# Sonachera Grant Village, Silchar, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Silchar, Cachar 

# Sonachera Grant

Sonachera Grant is a village in Silchar sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **771 people in 184 households**, the 171st largest of 245 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 771people (2011)
- 184households
- 58.8%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Sonachera Grant PIN code and other codes

Sonachera Grant falls in Silchar sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatChandranathpur G.P
- Community development blockBorkhola
- Census village code299137

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

## How far is Sonachera Grant from nearby towns?

- Silchar (sub-district HQ)426 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Silchar (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 Sonachera Grant?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chandranathpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 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 Sonachera Grant known for?

About 56% of the 739 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 Sonachera Grant

Of every 100 households in Sonachera Grant in 2011, 2 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonachera Grant · ■ Silchar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

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

**15%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****23%**

**37%

Television ****4%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****63%**

**39%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sonachera Grant?

■ Sonachera Grant · ■ Silchar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1137**

**965

Working population ****41.5%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 50.9% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 43 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 200 (62%) · **■** Marginal 71 (22%)

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

- Kalinagar Garden812 people
- Bajantipur Pt II810 people
- Ardvallik789 people
- Sridharpur787 people
- Sabashpur770 people
- Barabond758 people
- Bajantipur Pt III748 people
- Heirbond Pt II746 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonachera Grant from Silchar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sonachera Grant?771 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonachera Grant in?Cachar district (Silchar sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sonachera Grant?58.8% (Census 2011)