# Dhanipur Village, Sonai, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Dhanipur

Dhanipur is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **521 people in 110 households**, the 157th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 521people (2011)
- 110households
- 91.4%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Dhanipur PIN code and other codes

Dhanipur falls in Sonai sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatJibongram
- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299705

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

## How far is Dhanipur from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)46 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 Dhanipur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Dhanipur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn 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 · Dholai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikuna
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Dhanipur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetable and betelnut**. About 85% of the 198 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 Dhanipur

Of every 100 households in Dhanipur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhanipur · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**13%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**32%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**42%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dhanipur?

■ Dhanipur · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**964

Working population ****32.8%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 87.0% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 158 (92%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Sonai

- Sonitnagar F.V.572 people
- Punihowar F.V.542 people
- Hathikhal F.V.533 people
- Gurudayalpur530 people
- Ganganagar Pt V505 people
- Ganganagar Pt IV503 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur Pt XI488 people
- Gurudayalpur F.V.476 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhanipur from Silchar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Dhanipur?521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanipur in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanipur?91.4% (Census 2011)