# Soto Kashi Khagra Village, Balijana, Goalpara (Assam)

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Village · Balijana, Goalpara 

# Soto Kashi Khagra

Soto Kashi Khagra is a village in Balijana sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,270 people in 194 households**, the 53rd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,270people (2011)
- 194households
- 84.9%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Soto Kashi Khagra PIN code and other codes

Soto Kashi Khagra falls in Balijana sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBodahapur
- Community development blockKrishnai
- Census village code282224

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

## How far is Soto Kashi Khagra from nearby towns?

- Goalpara (district HQ)40 km by road
- Goalpara (nearest town)40 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 Soto Kashi Khagra?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ 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 bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 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 Soto Kashi Khagra known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 19% of the 509 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 Soto Kashi Khagra

Of every 100 households in Soto Kashi Khagra in 2011, 25 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Soto Kashi Khagra · ■ Balijana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**57%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**24%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Soto Kashi Khagra?

■ Soto Kashi Khagra · ■ Balijana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**958

Working population ****38.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 83.8% for women. 45% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 107 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (11%) · **■** Other work 65 (13%) · **■** Marginal 265 (54%)

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

- Nun Khawa Pt-II1,291 people
- Kurowa Bhasa1,287 people
- Debattar Bapupara Pt-II1,280 people
- Rampur1,270 people
- Bhendara1,256 people
- Bamundonga Pt-I1,224 people
- Dari Duri1,222 people
- Dhum Bandha1,207 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Soto Kashi Khagra from Goalpara?40 km by road
- What is the population of Soto Kashi Khagra?1,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Soto Kashi Khagra in?Goalpara district (Balijana sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Soto Kashi Khagra?84.9% (Census 2011)
