# Gakhir Khowa Para Village, Mangaldoi, Darrang (Assam) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/darrang/mangaldoi/gakhir-khowa-para/ Village · Mangaldoi, Darrang # Gakhir Khowa Para Gakhir Khowa Para is a village in Mangaldoi sub-district of Darrang district, Assam, PIN code **784125**. The 2011 Census counted **1,639 people in 350 households**, the 29th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.0%. - 1,639people (2011) - 350households - 85.6%literacy - 784125PIN code ## Gakhir Khowa Para PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Gakhir Khowa Para is 784125.** Gakhir Khowa Para falls in Mangaldoi sub-district, Darrang district, Assam. - PIN code784125 - Gram panchayatJanaramchowka - Community development blockPachim-Mangaldai - Census village code304994 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Gakhir Khowa Para from nearby towns? - Mangaldoi (sub-district HQ)5 km by road - Mangaldoi (district HQ)5 km by road - Mangaldoi (nearest town)5 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 Gakhir Khowa Para? 13 services counted by the Census are inside Gakhir Khowa Para; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kabikara - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kabikara - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Public library5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 22 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 Gakhir Khowa Para known for? The main crops are **paddy, jute and mustard seeds**. Products made here include plough, plough, bamboo craft and textile. About 69% of the 270 hectares of village land is sown, and 58 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 Gakhir Khowa Para Of every 100 households in Gakhir Khowa Para in 2011, 60 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Gakhir Khowa Para · ■ Mangaldoi rural average Electricity for lighting ****60%** **32% Toilet within the home ****72%** **43% No toilet (open defecation) ****26%** **55% Tap water ****2%** **4% Drinking water within premises ****66%** **60% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%** **12% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%** **88% Use banking services ****81%** **37% Television ****32%** **20% Mobile phone ****47%** **41% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****18%** **9% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****8%** **20% Own their home ****98%** **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 Gakhir Khowa Para? ■ Gakhir Khowa Para · ■ Mangaldoi rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%** **67.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036** **933 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****695** **960 Working population ****31.1%** **38.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 90.6% for men and 80.9% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 156 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (5%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 279 (55%) · **■** Marginal 40 (8%) 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 Mangaldoi - Bainaojha Para1,826 people - Grand Land Bagicha1,819 people - N.C. Gasbari1,817 people - Adhikari1,694 people - Gadhiapara1,634 people - Kuyapanipara1,602 people - Niz Dahi1,577 people - Gariapara1,545 people [All 138 villages in Mangaldoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/darrang/mangaldoi/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Gakhir Khowa Para?784125 - How far is Gakhir Khowa Para from Mangaldoi?5 km by road - What is the population of Gakhir Khowa Para?1,639 (Census 2011) - Which district is Gakhir Khowa Para in?Darrang district (Mangaldoi sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Gakhir Khowa Para?85.6% (Census 2011)