# Tharka Village, Lakhipur, Goalpara (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Lakhipur, Goalpara 

# Tharka

Tharka is a village in Lakhipur sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,006 people in 207 households**, the 77th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.7%.

- 1,006people (2011)
- 207households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,122females per 1,000 males

## Tharka PIN code and other codes

Tharka falls in Lakhipur sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatJoyra Kuchi
- Community development blockLakhipur
- Census village code281972

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

## How far is Tharka from nearby towns?

- Lakhipur (sub-district HQ)60 km by road
- Goalpara (district HQ)60 km by road
- Lakhipur (nearest town)13 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 Tharka?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Tharka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lakhipur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Lakhipur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Goalpara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 11 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 Tharka known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetable and pineapple**. About 89% of the 216 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 Tharka

Of every 100 households in Tharka in 2011, 24 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tharka · ■ Lakhipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**53%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**18%

Television ****14%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**37%

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 Tharka?

■ Tharka · ■ Lakhipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**55.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1122**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1140**

**964

Working population ****48.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 64.3% for women. 50% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (20%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 55 (11%) · **■** Marginal 177 (37%)

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 Lakhipur

- Holdibari No.11,087 people
- Bamuner Alga Pt-III1,033 people
- Depalchang1,032 people
- Bapurvita Pt-I1,011 people
- Choukatola992 people
- Kursakati973 people
- Maladhara Pt-I953 people
- Hatimura942 people

[All 267 villages in Lakhipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/goalpara/lakhipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tharka from Goalpara?60 km by road
- What is the population of Tharka?1,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tharka in?Goalpara district (Lakhipur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Tharka?70.9% (Census 2011)