# Pokalagi Village, Matia, Goalpara (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Matia, Goalpara 

# Pokalagi

Pokalagi is a village in Matia sub-district of Goalpara district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,422 people in 301 households**, the 65th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 1,422people (2011)
- 301households
- 60.2%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Pokalagi PIN code and other codes

Pokalagi falls in Matia sub-district, Goalpara district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatNabagotosimlitola
- Community development blockMatia
- Census village code282322

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

## How far is Pokalagi from nearby towns?

- Matia (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Goalpara (district HQ)30 km by road
- Goalpara (nearest town)30 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 Pokalagi?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 schoolunder 5 km · Sutarpara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dolgoma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Goalpara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Pokalagi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and mustard seed**. About 47% of the 277 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 Pokalagi

Of every 100 households in Pokalagi in 2011, 33 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pokalagi · ■ Matia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**30%

Tap water ****5%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****17%**

**38%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**23%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Pokalagi?

■ Pokalagi · ■ Matia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**968

Working population ****43.3%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 56.6% for women. 53% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 222 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 64 (10%) · **■** Marginal 281 (46%)

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

- Hadigaon1,485 people
- Pub-Jira1,463 people
- Bakaitari Pt-I1,441 people
- Upartola Pt-III1,428 people
- Bahati Char1,404 people
- Khagrabari1,401 people
- Bahati Pt-II1,368 people
- Salpara Molandubi Pt-II1,367 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pokalagi from Goalpara?30 km by road
- What is the population of Pokalagi?1,422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokalagi in?Goalpara district (Matia sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Pokalagi?60.2% (Census 2011)