# Dashabhuja Debasthan Village, Matia, Goalpara (Assam)

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Village · Matia, Goalpara 

# Dashabhuja Debasthan

Dashabhuja Debasthan is a village in Matia sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **623 people in 144 households**, the 120th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 623people (2011)
- 144households
- 57.4%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Dashabhuja Debasthan PIN code and other codes

Dashabhuja Debasthan falls in Matia sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatSri Suryagiri Gp
- Community development blockMatia
- Census village code282277

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

## How far is Dashabhuja Debasthan from nearby towns?

- Goalpara (district HQ)20 km by road
- Goalpara (nearest town)20 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 Dashabhuja Debasthan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Dashabhuja Debasthan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Goalpara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Goalpara
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Goalpara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 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 Dashabhuja Debasthan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 11% of the 553 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 Dashabhuja Debasthan

Of every 100 households in Dashabhuja Debasthan in 2011, 21 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dashabhuja Debasthan · ■ Matia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**30%

Tap water ****58%**

**3%

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

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**38%

Television ****7%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dashabhuja Debasthan?

■ Dashabhuja Debasthan · ■ Matia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**968

Working population ****33.1%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 48.7% for women. 47% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 162 (79%) · **■** Marginal 37 (18%)

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 Matia

- Rakhyasini Pahar662 people
- Senimari Pt-III653 people
- Khalaipara629 people
- Goromari624 people
- Bamunpara588 people
- Dhaigaon Damas577 people
- Garopara Tari549 people
- Selapara525 people

[All 153 villages in Matia](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/goalpara/matia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dashabhuja Debasthan from Goalpara?20 km by road
- What is the population of Dashabhuja Debasthan?623 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dashabhuja Debasthan in?Goalpara district (Matia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Dashabhuja Debasthan?57.4% (Census 2011)