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

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Raraipunjee

Raraipunjee is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **638 people in 137 households**, the 147th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 638people (2011)
- 137households
- 77.9%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Raraipunjee PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299652

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

## How far is Raraipunjee from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)375 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 Raraipunjee?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Raraipunjee; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dholai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Silchar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Raraipunjee known for?

The main crops are **paddy and vegetable**. About 72% of the 172 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 Raraipunjee

Of every 100 households in Raraipunjee in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raraipunjee · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**13%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****9%**

**32%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****70%**

**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 Raraipunjee?

■ Raraipunjee · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**964

Working population ****45.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 68.0% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (25%) · **■** Other work 19 (7%) · **■** Marginal 145 (50%)

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

- Ganganagar Pt VI686 people
- Ganganagar Pt VIII658 people
- Bhutankhal Pt II F.V.653 people
- Thankimnagar Pt I653 people
- Bhubandhar623 people
- Ganganagar Pt IX608 people
- Ganganagar Pt XIII601 people
- Soranagar587 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Raraipunjee from Silchar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Raraipunjee?638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raraipunjee in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Raraipunjee?77.9% (Census 2011)