# Dawkhanagar ---1 Village, Bongaigaon, Chirang (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bongaigaon, Chirang 

# Dawkhanagar ---1

Dawkhanagar ---1 is a village in Bongaigaon sub-district of Chirang district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **854 people in 159 households**, the 4th largest of 6 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 854people (2011)
- 159households
- 67.6%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Dawkhanagar ---1 PIN code and other codes

Dawkhanagar ---1 falls in Bongaigaon sub-district, Chirang district, Assam.

- Community development blockBorobazar
- Census village code302046

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

## How far is Dawkhanagar ---1 from nearby towns?

- Kajalgaon (district HQ)7 km by road
- Bongaigaon (nearest town)8 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 Dawkhanagar ---1?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Dawkhanagar ---1; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bongaigaon
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bongaigaon
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Dawkhanagar ---1 known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and jute**. About 57% of the 166 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Dawkhanagar ---1

Of every 100 households in Dawkhanagar ---1 in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dawkhanagar ---1 · ■ Bongaigaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**79%

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

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**57%

Use banking services ****44%**

**72%

Television ****6%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**10%

None of these assets ****11%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**80%

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 Dawkhanagar ---1?

■ Dawkhanagar ---1 · ■ Bongaigaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**955

Working population ****25.3%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 59.5% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 121 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (27%) · **■** Household industry 13 (6%) · **■** Other work 23 (11%)

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 Bongaigaon

- Chapaguri Pt I2,868 people
- Chapaguri Pt II1,980 people
- Dawkhanagar ---21,551 people
- Fuchulupara778 people
- Kharija Dalaigaon Pt.2222 people

[All 6 villages in Bongaigaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/chirang/bongaigaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dawkhanagar ---1 from Kajalgaon?7 km by road
- What is the population of Dawkhanagar ---1?854 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dawkhanagar ---1 in?Chirang district (Bongaigaon sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Dawkhanagar ---1?67.6% (Census 2011)