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

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Village · Sonai, Cachar 

# Tilanagar

Tilanagar is a village in Sonai sub-district of Cachar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **833 people in 179 households**, the 131st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 833people (2011)
- 179households
- 71.6%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Tilanagar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockNarsingpur
- Census village code299631

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

## How far is Tilanagar from nearby towns?

- Sonai (sub-district HQ)385 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 Tilanagar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Tilanagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dholai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dholai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Srikona
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered 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 Tilanagar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetable and betelnut**. About 74% of the 155 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 Tilanagar

Of every 100 households in Tilanagar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilanagar · ■ Sonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****4%**

**32%

Television ****1%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tilanagar?

■ Tilanagar · ■ Sonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**964

Working population ****33.5%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 61.3% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (7%) · **■** Marginal 50 (18%)

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

- Nutanramnagar Pt II903 people
- Lailapur885 people
- Lantugram880 people
- Aradhanpur864 people
- Rakhaltila819 people
- Smitnagar F.V.802 people
- Ganganagar Pt III801 people
- Arjanpur779 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tilanagar from Silchar?32 km by road
- What is the population of Tilanagar?833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilanagar in?Cachar district (Sonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Tilanagar?71.6% (Census 2011)