# Jamalpur Village, Sonai, Cachar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Jamalpur

Jamalpur is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,543 people in 576 households**, the 44th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 2,543people (2011)
- 576households
- 79.4%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Jamalpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299656

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

## How far is Jamalpur from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)382 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 Jamalpur?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Jamalpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhaga
- ○Degree college10+ km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Jamalpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and vegetable**. About 81% of the 280 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 Jamalpur

Of every 100 households in Jamalpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jamalpur · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**29%

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

**85%

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

**13%

Tap water ****3%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**9%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****4%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****59%**

**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 Jamalpur?

■ Jamalpur · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**964

Working population ****28.9%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 75.0% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 552 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (10%) · **■** Marginal 85 (12%)

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

- Uttar Mohanpur2,599 people
- Kachudaram Pt II2,583 people
- Rajnagar2,574 people
- Kajidahar Pt II2,566 people
- Bagpur Pt I2,513 people
- Rukni Pt II2,511 people
- Joydhanpur2,477 people
- Narsingpur Pt I2,464 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jamalpur from Silchar?38 km by road
- What is the population of Jamalpur?2,543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamalpur in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Jamalpur?79.4% (Census 2011)