# Kamakhya Gaon Village, Dibrugarh West, Dibrugarh (Assam)

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Village · Dibrugarh West, Dibrugarh 

# Kamakhya Gaon

Kamakhya Gaon is a village in Dibrugarh West sub-district of Dibrugarh district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **829 people in 178 households**, the 65th largest of 179 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 829people (2011)
- 178households
- 47.2%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Kamakhya Gaon PIN code and other codes

Kamakhya Gaon falls in Dibrugarh West sub-district, Dibrugarh district, Assam.

- Community development blockBarbaruah
- Census village code291153

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

## How far is Kamakhya Gaon from nearby towns?

- Dibrugarh (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Dibrugarh (district HQ)17 km by road
- Dibrugarh (nearest town)17 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 Kamakhya Gaon?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kamakhya Gaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Mother Ghat
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dibrugarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barbaruah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated 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 Kamakhya Gaon known for?

The main crops are **rice and vegetable**. Products made here include gamocha. About 89% of the 285 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 Kamakhya Gaon

Of every 100 households in Kamakhya Gaon in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kamakhya Gaon · ■ Dibrugarh West rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**25%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**25%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****1%**

**60%

Television ****1%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**6%

None of these assets ****29%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**85%

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 Kamakhya Gaon?

■ Kamakhya Gaon · ■ Dibrugarh West rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.2%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**944

Working population ****48.4%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.4% for men and 33.1% for women. 54% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 111 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 98 (24%) · **■** Marginal 181 (45%)

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 Dibrugarh West

- Bali Gaon843 people
- Bora Bogpara T.E.8/185 Orr Grant840 people
- Modhupur Thakera Pukhuri F.V.836 people
- Metekani Gaon835 people
- Patra Gaon818 people
- Koliani No.Gaon795 people
- Dainijan Gaon774 people
- Walkhabi Gaon No.2772 people

[All 187 villages in Dibrugarh West](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/dibrugarh/dibrugarh-west/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kamakhya Gaon from Dibrugarh?17 km by road
- What is the population of Kamakhya Gaon?829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamakhya Gaon in?Dibrugarh district (Dibrugarh West sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Kamakhya Gaon?47.2% (Census 2011)
