# Handique Gaon Village, Golaghat, Golaghat (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Golaghat, Golaghat 

# Handique Gaon

Handique Gaon is a village in Golaghat sub-district of Golaghat district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **594 people in 126 households**, the 171st largest of 323 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.4%.

- 594people (2011)
- 126households
- 96.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Handique Gaon PIN code and other codes

Handique Gaon falls in Golaghat sub-district, Golaghat district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBetioni
- Community development blockGolaghat Central
- Census village code294560

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

## How far is Handique Gaon from nearby towns?

- Golaghat (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Golaghat (district HQ)11 km by road
- Golaghat (nearest town)11 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 Handique Gaon?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Handique Gaon; 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dhekial
- ○Degree college10+ km · Golaghat
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 8 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 Handique Gaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 134 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 Handique Gaon

Of every 100 households in Handique Gaon in 2011, 50 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Handique Gaon · ■ Golaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**28%

Tap water ****7%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**85%

Use banking services ****76%**

**53%

Television ****32%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**15%

Own their home ****92%**

**87%

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 Handique Gaon?

■ Handique Gaon · ■ Golaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.1%**

**79.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**961

Working population ****59.6%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.4% for men and 94.9% for women. 64% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 100 (28%) · **■** Other work 37 (10%) · **■** Marginal 217 (61%)

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 Golaghat

- Borahi608 people
- Jaroni No.2603 people
- Guwal Gaon598 people
- Garigaon597 people
- Binaypur592 people
- Titabor Tangia582 people
- Jogibari Gaon581 people
- Ratanpur Doyalpur574 people

[All 333 villages in Golaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/golaghat/golaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Handique Gaon from Golaghat?11 km by road
- What is the population of Handique Gaon?594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Handique Gaon in?Golaghat district (Golaghat sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Handique Gaon?96.1% (Census 2011)