# Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon Village, Moran, Dibrugarh (Assam)

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Village · Moran, Dibrugarh 

# Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon

Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon is a village in Moran sub-district of Dibrugarh district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,828 people in 380 households**, the 10th largest of 295 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,828people (2011)
- 380households
- 93.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon PIN code and other codes

Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon falls in Moran sub-district, Dibrugarh district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatKhowang
- Community development blockKhowang
- Census village code291719

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

## How far is Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon from nearby towns?

- Moran (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Dibrugarh (district HQ)48 km by road
- Moranhat (nearest town)12 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 Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon?

32 services counted by the Census are inside Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tinsukia
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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)8 h summer · 10 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 Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 65% of the 238 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 Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon

Of every 100 households in Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon in 2011, 82 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 47 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon · ■ Moran rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**25%

Tap water ****4%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**66%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****47%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**87%

Use banking services ****73%**

**48%

Television ****64%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

None of these assets ****8%**

**19%

Own their home ****87%**

**84%

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 Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon?

■ Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon · ■ Moran rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.1%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****835**

**958

Working population ****38.9%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.3% for men and 89.9% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 167 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 413 (58%) · **■** Marginal 107 (15%)

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 Moran

- Khowang Chah Co. 108 No Fs Grant2,261 people
- Teloijan Darkhsta No.252,108 people
- Niz Khowang2,004 people
- Duliabam Block1,970 people
- Teloibari Nepali1,799 people
- 107 Grant F.S.1,735 people
- Sepon 284 Nlr Grant1,705 people
- Sepon Chah Bagicha 107/110 Nlr1,632 people

[All 307 villages in Moran](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/dibrugarh/moran/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon from Dibrugarh?48 km by road
- What is the population of Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon?1,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon in?Dibrugarh district (Moran sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Khowang Sonowal Bongali Gaon?93.1% (Census 2011)
