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

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Khulichara

Khulichara is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,850 people in 578 households**, the 36th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 2,850people (2011)
- 578households
- 73.7%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Khulichara PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299655

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

## How far is Khulichara from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)380 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)35 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 Khulichara?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●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 school5–10 km · Bhaga
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dholai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated 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 Khulichara known for?

The main crops are **paddy and vegetable**. About 97% of the 209 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 Khulichara

Of every 100 households in Khulichara in 2011, 9 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khulichara · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**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 ****0%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****18%**

**32%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****72%**

**42%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khulichara?

■ Khulichara · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**964

Working population ****28.7%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 65.3% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 241 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 182 (22%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 292 (36%) · **■** Marginal 94 (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

- Sonabarighat Pt I2,908 people
- Didarkosh Pt IV2,892 people
- Nagdirgram Pt I2,863 people
- Sukhtala2,852 people
- Nutan Ramnagar Pt IV2,784 people
- Maniyarkhal Chabagicha2,739 people
- Bhaurikandi Pt I2,720 people
- Uttar Mohanpur2,599 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Khulichara from Silchar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Khulichara?2,850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khulichara in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Khulichara?73.7% (Census 2011)