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

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Rakhaltila

Rakhaltila is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **819 people in 209 households**, the 132nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 819people (2011)
- 209households
- 85.9%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Rakhaltila PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockPalonghat
- Census village code299596

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

## How far is Rakhaltila from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)375 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)30 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 Rakhaltila?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Rakhaltila known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetable and betelnut**. About 40% of the 189 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 Rakhaltila

Of every 100 households in Rakhaltila in 2011, 14 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rakhaltila · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****33%**

**32%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****76%**

**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 Rakhaltila?

■ Rakhaltila · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1185**

**964

Working population ****37.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 77.9% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 91 (30%) · **■** Marginal 112 (36%)

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

- Lailapur885 people
- Lantugram880 people
- Aradhanpur864 people
- Tilanagar833 people
- Smitnagar F.V.802 people
- Ganganagar Pt III801 people
- Arjanpur779 people
- Anandakhal F.V.762 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rakhaltila from Silchar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Rakhaltila?819 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakhaltila in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Rakhaltila?85.9% (Census 2011)