# Damugaon Village, Bijni, Chirang (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bijni, Chirang 

# Damugaon

Damugaon is a village in Bijni sub-district of Chirang district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **923 people in 198 households**, the 84th largest of 254 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 923people (2011)
- 198households
- 45.6%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Damugaon PIN code and other codes

Damugaon falls in Bijni sub-district, Chirang district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBhangnamari
- Community development blockBorobazar
- Census village code302228

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

## How far is Damugaon from nearby towns?

- Bijni (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Kajalgaon (district HQ)50 km by road
- Bijni (nearest town)25 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 Damugaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Boulajhar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bijni
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Damugaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy and jute**. About 57% of the 67 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 Damugaon

Of every 100 households in Damugaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Damugaon · ■ Bijni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**59%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Damugaon?

■ Damugaon · ■ Bijni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.6%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**982

Working population ****43.9%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.2% for men and 46.0% for women. 55% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 75 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (38%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 144 (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 Bijni

- Bhabanipur964 people
- Betbari No.2957 people
- Fagunagaon No. 2954 people
- Simlaguri929 people
- Doilong No.3920 people
- Sowari No.2916 people
- Kumarsali896 people
- Chamugaon872 people

[All 259 villages in Bijni](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/chirang/bijni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Damugaon from Kajalgaon?50 km by road
- What is the population of Damugaon?923 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Damugaon in?Chirang district (Bijni sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Damugaon?45.6% (Census 2011)