# Phakritari Village, Balijana, Goalpara (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Balijana, Goalpara 

# Phakritari

Phakritari is a village in Balijana sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,343 people in 271 households**, the 45th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,343people (2011)
- 271households
- 72.9%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Phakritari PIN code and other codes

Phakritari falls in Balijana sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBashbari
- Community development blockKharmuza
- Census village code282109

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

## How far is Phakritari from nearby towns?

- Balijana (sub-district HQ)39 km by road
- Goalpara (district HQ)39 km by road
- Lakhipur (nearest town)7 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 Phakritari?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Phakritari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bashbari
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ambari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Goalpara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 16 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 Phakritari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 134 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 Phakritari

Of every 100 households in Phakritari in 2011, 15 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Phakritari · ■ Balijana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**30%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****13%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Phakritari?

■ Phakritari · ■ Balijana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**958

Working population ****41.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 67.8% for women. 57% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (17%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 78 (14%) · **■** Marginal 187 (34%)

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 Balijana

- Kukuria Pt-II1,412 people
- Goraimari1,376 people
- Soulmari1,376 people
- Kangair Pubpar1,343 people
- Mechelkhowa1,327 people
- Deauli1,299 people
- Gendabari1,295 people
- Nun Khawa Pt-II1,291 people

[All 220 villages in Balijana](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/goalpara/balijana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Phakritari from Goalpara?39 km by road
- What is the population of Phakritari?1,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phakritari in?Goalpara district (Balijana sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Phakritari?72.9% (Census 2011)