Village · Balijana, Goalpara
# Soto Boguan

Soto Boguan is a village in Balijana sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 66 people in 11 households, the 206th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.
- 66 people (2011)
- 11 households
- 75.4% literacy
- 886 females per 1,000 males

## Soto Boguan PIN code and other codes

Soto Boguan falls in Balijana sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.
- Gram panchayat Baguan
- Community development block Kharmuza
- Census village code 282098

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

## How far is Soto Boguan from nearby towns?
- Goalpara (district HQ) 30 km by road
- Lakhipur (nearest town) 9 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Soto Boguan?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Soto Boguan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Sabgi Baguan
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Narangabari
- ○ Degree college under 5 km · Ambari
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Goalpara
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 15 h summer · 15 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Soto Boguan known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 87% of the 33 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Soto Boguan

Of every 100 households in Soto Boguan in 2011, 9 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Soto Boguan · ■ Balijana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 9% 39%
- Toilet within the home 27% 68%
- No toilet (open defecation) 73% 30%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 82% 57%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 9% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 91% 93%
- Use banking services 9% 24%
- Television 0% 18%
- Mobile phone 9% 47%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 27% 23%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Soto Boguan?

■ Soto Boguan · ■ Balijana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.4% 70.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 886 959
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 500 958
- Working population 62.1% 37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 67.9% for women. 63% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 12 (29%) · ■ Other work 2 (5%) · ■ Marginal 27 (66%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Balijana
- Bhasanipara Pt-III 96 people
- Matia Garopara 91 people
- Nasnipara 91 people
- Latima 89 people
- Nunkhawa Pt-III 40 people
- Sader Alga 38 people
- Gendera N.C. 29 people
- Sader Alga Pt-II 24 people

All 220 villages in Balijana

## Quick answers
- How far is Soto Boguan from Goalpara? 30 km by road
- What is the population of Soto Boguan? 66 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Soto Boguan in? Goalpara district (Balijana sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Soto Boguan? 75.4% (Census 2011)

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