# Mechaki Palung Village, Jonai, Dhemaji (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Jonai, Dhemaji 

# Mechaki Palung

Mechaki Palung is a village in Jonai sub-district of Dhemaji district, Assam, PIN code **787060**. The 2011 Census counted **485 people in 90 households**, the 114th largest of 370 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 485people (2011)
- 90households
- 67.3%literacy
- 787060PIN code

## Mechaki Palung PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mechaki Palung is 787060.** Mechaki Palung falls in Jonai sub-district, Dhemaji district, Assam.

- PIN code787060
- Gram panchayatGali Sikari
- Community development blockMurkongselek
- Census village code289419

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

## How far is Mechaki Palung from nearby towns?

- Jonai (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Dhemaji (district HQ)92 km by road
- Pasighat (nearest town)51 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 Mechaki Palung?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Mechaki Palung; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jonai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jonai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhemaji
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Mechaki Palung known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include mekhela chadar and gamocha. About 85% of the 52 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 Mechaki Palung

Of every 100 households in Mechaki Palung in 2011, 6 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Mechaki Palung · ■ Jonai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**68%

Tap water ****11%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**44%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****49%**

**28%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mechaki Palung?

■ Mechaki Palung · ■ Jonai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**926

Working population ****70.3%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 58.6% for women. 71% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 123 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (27%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 119 (35%)

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 Jonai

- No.1 Ramdhan490 people
- Bijoypur Ujani487 people
- Luhitpuria486 people
- Telem Lakhipur486 people
- No.2 Simen Chapori483 people
- No.1 Janji481 people
- Kobuchapori North479 people
- Joyma Guri478 people

[All 382 villages in Jonai](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/dhemaji/jonai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mechaki Palung?787060
- How far is Mechaki Palung from Dhemaji?92 km by road
- What is the population of Mechaki Palung?485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mechaki Palung in?Dhemaji district (Jonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Mechaki Palung?67.3% (Census 2011)