Village · Jonai, Dhemaji
# No.1 Murkong Selek

No.1 Murkong Selek is a village in Jonai sub-district of Dhemaji district, Assam, PIN code 787060. The 2011 Census counted 1,427 people in 272 households, the 11th largest of 370 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.
- 1,427 people (2011)
- 272 households
- 84.4% literacy
- 787060 PIN code

## No.1 Murkong Selek PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of No.1 Murkong Selek is 787060. No.1 Murkong Selek falls in Jonai sub-district, Dhemaji district, Assam.
- PIN code 787060
- Gram panchayat Kemi
- Community development block Murkongselek
- Census village code 289544

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is No.1 Murkong Selek from nearby towns?
- Jonai (sub-district HQ) 45 km by road
- Dhemaji (district HQ) 106 km by road
- Pasighat (nearest town) 36 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in No.1 Murkong Selek?

15 services counted by the Census are inside No.1 Murkong Selek; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ● Middle school In village · 2 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Railway station In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Lakhi Nepali
- ○ Degree college under 5 km · Lakhi Nepali
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Dhemaji
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital under 5 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library under 5 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is No.1 Murkong Selek known for?

The main crops are paddy. Products made here include mekhela chadar. About 59% of the 77 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in No.1 Murkong Selek

Of every 100 households in No.1 Murkong Selek in 2011, 62 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 41 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ No.1 Murkong Selek · ■ Jonai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 9%
- Toilet within the home 82% 29%
- No toilet (open defecation) 16% 68%
- Tap water 2% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 78% 44%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 41% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 59% 94%
- Use banking services 64% 28%
- Television 48% 13%
- Mobile phone 73% 38%
- Computer with internet 3% 0%
- Two-wheeler 17% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 6% 2%
- None of these assets 12% 22%
- Own their home 66% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of No.1 Murkong Selek?

■ No.1 Murkong Selek · ■ Jonai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.4% 64.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1010 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 832 926
- Working population 30.2% 49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 75.4% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (0%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 258 (60%) · ■ Marginal 80 (19%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jonai
- No.3 Ramdhan 1,530 people
- No.1 Ratanpur Padi 1,529 people
- Telam Nepali 1,518 people
- No.1 Udai Pur 1,492 people
- No.1 Rayengkuli 1,389 people
- No.3 Murkong Selek 1,388 people
- Ramsing Sitaram Chapori 1,259 people
- Kobuchapori South 1,250 people

All 382 villages in Jonai

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of No.1 Murkong Selek? 787060
- How far is No.1 Murkong Selek from Dhemaji? 106 km by road
- What is the population of No.1 Murkong Selek? 1,427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is No.1 Murkong Selek in? Dhemaji district (Jonai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of No.1 Murkong Selek? 84.4% (Census 2011)

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