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

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Village · Balijana, Goalpara 

# Rangchai

Rangchai is a village in Balijana sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **753 people in 138 households**, the 86th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 753people (2011)
- 138households
- 88.1%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Rangchai PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBadahapur
- Community development blockBalijana
- Census village code282206

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

## How far is Rangchai from nearby towns?

- Goalpara (district HQ)28 km by road
- Goalpara (nearest town)28 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 Rangchai?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Rangchai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Balbala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Goalpara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Goalpara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 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 Rangchai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 47% of the 154 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 Rangchai

Of every 100 households in Rangchai in 2011, 7 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rangchai · ■ Balijana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**30%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****41%**

**24%

Television ****36%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rangchai?

■ Rangchai · ■ Balijana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1320**

**958

Working population ****77.0%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 82.1% for women. 80% of men and 74% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (10%) · **■** Household industry 29 (5%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 376 (65%)

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

- Bhaiskhuli820 people
- Kukurkata798 people
- Tisimpur795 people
- Changmari759 people
- Sunari Sota750 people
- Rakhapara739 people
- Dark Rabhapara Pt-II729 people
- Sabaji Baguan729 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rangchai from Goalpara?28 km by road
- What is the population of Rangchai?753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangchai in?Goalpara district (Balijana sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Rangchai?88.1% (Census 2011)