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

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Khashpur

Khashpur is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,240 people in 265 households**, the 107th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,240people (2011)
- 265households
- 70.8%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Khashpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299651

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

## How far is Khashpur from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)383 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)32 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)32 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 Khashpur?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Khashpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn 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 collegeunder 5 km · Bhaga
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 10 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 Khashpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetable and betelnut**. About 62% of the 85 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 Khashpur

Of every 100 households in Khashpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khashpur · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**42%

Own their home ****69%**

**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 Khashpur?

■ Khashpur · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**964

Working population ****32.5%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 64.6% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (40%) · **■** Other work 177 (44%) · **■** Marginal 34 (8%)

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

- Dakshin Mohanpur Pt VI1,297 people
- Malugram1,275 people
- Boalihaor1,252 people
- Bishnupur1,243 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur Pt VIII1,207 people
- Nagakhal1,202 people
- Ganganagar Pt VII1,176 people
- Garultala F.V.1,138 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Khashpur from Silchar?32 km by road
- What is the population of Khashpur?1,240 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khashpur in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Khashpur?70.8% (Census 2011)