Village · Bilasipara, Dhubri
# Puran Laupara

Puran Laupara is a village in Bilasipara sub-district of Dhubri district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 446 people in 113 households, the 143rd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.
- 446 people (2011)
- 113 households
- 80.5% literacy
- 914 females per 1,000 males

## Puran Laupara PIN code and other codes

Puran Laupara falls in Bilasipara sub-district, Dhubri district, Assam.
- Gram panchayat Baghmari
- Community development block Bilasipara
- Census village code 281315

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

## How far is Puran Laupara from nearby towns?
- Bilasipara (sub-district HQ) 4 km by road
- Dhubri (district HQ) 48 km by road
- Bilasipara (nearest town) 4 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Puran Laupara?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Puran Laupara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 private
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Bilasipara
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Bilasipara
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Puran Laupara known for?

About 74% of the 134 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Puran Laupara

Of every 100 households in Puran Laupara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Puran Laupara · ■ Bilasipara rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 13%
- Toilet within the home 4% 38%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 60%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 99% 68%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 95%
- Use banking services 45% 33%
- Television 11% 7%
- Mobile phone 68% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 3% 37%
- Own their home 98% 98%

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

## What is the population of Puran Laupara?

■ Puran Laupara · ■ Bilasipara rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.5% 54.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 914 951
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 571 968
- Working population 50.2% 36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 74.6% for women. 58% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 78 (35%) · ■ Farm labourers 34 (15%) · ■ Household industry 34 (15%) · ■ Other work 76 (34%) · ■ Marginal 2 (1%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bilasipara
- Bhalukmari 465 people
- Odlartari 463 people
- Sonamoyee Pt.II 460 people
- Hakama Pt.I 453 people
- Khudnamari Pt.I 441 people
- Narikalkhowa 436 people
- Ghughunikhata Pt.I 424 people
- Rakhaltari 424 people

All 178 villages in Bilasipara

## Quick answers
- How far is Puran Laupara from Dhubri? 48 km by road
- What is the population of Puran Laupara? 446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Puran Laupara in? Dhubri district (Bilasipara sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Puran Laupara? 80.5% (Census 2011)

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