# Nikari Village, Bokakhat, Golaghat (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Bokakhat, Golaghat 

# Nikari

Nikari is a village in Bokakhat sub-district of Golaghat district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,827 people in 547 households**, the 12th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 2,827people (2011)
- 547households
- 76.4%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Nikari PIN code and other codes

Nikari falls in Bokakhat sub-district, Golaghat district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatDechoi
- Community development blockGolaghat West
- Census village code294259

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

## How far is Nikari from nearby towns?

- Bokakhat (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Golaghat (district HQ)46 km by road
- Bokakhat (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 Nikari?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mohura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bokakhat
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bokakhat
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 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 Nikari known for?

The main crops are **rice, rabi crops and bamboo**. About 59% of the 510 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 Nikari

Of every 100 households in Nikari in 2011, 4 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nikari · ■ Bokakhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**46%

Tap water ****2%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**12%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****59%**

**45%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**77%

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 Nikari?

■ Nikari · ■ Bokakhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**974

Working population ****47.3%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 64.3% for women. 57% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 990 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (4%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 103 (8%) · **■** Marginal 174 (13%)

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 Bokakhat

- Kalakhowa3,319 people
- Bahikhowa3,140 people
- Diffloo Pathar3,010 people
- Naharjan T.E.2,857 people
- Bonqual2,758 people
- Rongagora2,754 people
- Ikorajan Bagicha2,660 people
- Rongagora Grant2,471 people

[All 117 villages in Bokakhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/golaghat/bokakhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Nikari from Golaghat?46 km by road
- What is the population of Nikari?2,827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nikari in?Golaghat district (Bokakhat sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Nikari?76.4% (Census 2011)