# Purba Golajhar Village, Bengtol, Chirang (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Bengtol, Chirang 

# Purba Golajhar

Purba Golajhar is a village in Bengtol sub-district of Chirang district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **797 people in 166 households**, the 18th largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.0%.

- 797people (2011)
- 166households
- 65.8%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Purba Golajhar PIN code and other codes

Purba Golajhar falls in Bengtol sub-district, Chirang district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatAshrabari
- Community development blockSidli-Chirang
- Census village code301903

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

## How far is Purba Golajhar from nearby towns?

- Bongaigaon (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 Purba Golajhar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Purba Golajhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●State highwayIn 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 school10+ km · Kashikotra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 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 Purba Golajhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, jute and vegetable**. About 75% of the 207 hectares of village land is sown, and 155 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Purba Golajhar

Of every 100 households in Purba Golajhar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purba Golajhar · ■ Bengtol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**22%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Purba Golajhar?

■ Purba Golajhar · ■ Bengtol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**59.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1321**

**946

Working population ****53.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 56.3% for women. 54% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 262 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (18%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 70 (16%)

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 Bengtol

- Deulguri1,026 people
- Kanthalmari917 people
- Thaikajhar892 people
- Ouguri844 people
- Anthaibari796 people
- Charagaon767 people
- Beshorbari761 people
- Daobobil757 people

[All 87 villages in Bengtol](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/chirang/bengtol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Golajhar?797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Golajhar in?Chirang district (Bengtol sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Golajhar?65.8% (Census 2011)