# Ganganagar Pt IX Village, Sonai, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Ganganagar Pt IX

Ganganagar Pt IX is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **608 people in 153 households**, the 149th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 608people (2011)
- 153households
- 72.0%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Ganganagar Pt IX PIN code and other codes

Ganganagar Pt IX falls in Sonai sub-district, Cachar district, Assam.

- Community development blockPalonghat
- Census village code299563

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

## How far is Ganganagar Pt IX from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)401 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)38 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)38 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 Ganganagar Pt IX?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Ganganagar Pt IX; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sonai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 7 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 Ganganagar Pt IX known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 109 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 Ganganagar Pt IX

Of every 100 households in Ganganagar Pt IX in 2011, 6 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganganagar Pt IX · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Ganganagar Pt IX?

■ Ganganagar Pt IX · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**964

Working population ****30.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 65.8% for women. 50% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (71%) · **■** Other work 17 (9%) · **■** Marginal 18 (10%)

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

- Bhutankhal Pt II F.V.653 people
- Thankimnagar Pt I653 people
- Raraipunjee638 people
- Bhubandhar623 people
- Ganganagar Pt XIII601 people
- Soranagar587 people
- Metnathal F.V.585 people
- Sonitnagar F.V.572 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ganganagar Pt IX from Silchar?38 km by road
- What is the population of Ganganagar Pt IX?608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganganagar Pt IX in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Ganganagar Pt IX?72.0% (Census 2011)