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

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Saraspur

Saraspur is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **386 people in 63 households**, the 174th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 386people (2011)
- 63households
- 90.1%literacy
- 582females per 1,000 males

## Saraspur PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299650

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

## How far is Saraspur from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)381 km by road
- Silchar (district HQ)37 km by road
- Silchar (nearest town)37 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 Saraspur?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Saraspur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn 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
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Saraspur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and vegetable**. About 70% of the 43 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 Saraspur

Of every 100 households in Saraspur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saraspur · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**9%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****59%**

**32%

Television ****31%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**42%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Saraspur?

■ Saraspur · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****582**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1263**

**964

Working population ****50.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 78.8% for women. 75% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 133 (69%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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

- Bhubannagar Pt III418 people
- Bishnupur F.V.415 people
- Gorkhal F.V.392 people
- Nagakhal387 people
- Dakshin Mohanpur Pt IX379 people
- Hadma376 people
- Tupidahar Pt I367 people
- Kalahawar F.V.366 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Saraspur from Silchar?37 km by road
- What is the population of Saraspur?386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraspur in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Saraspur?90.1% (Census 2011)