# Bongaon Village, Khumtai, Golaghat (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Khumtai, Golaghat 

# Bongaon

Bongaon is a village in Khumtai sub-district of Golaghat district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,177 people in 257 households**, the 32nd largest of 69 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 1,177people (2011)
- 257households
- 88.6%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Bongaon PIN code and other codes

Bongaon falls in Khumtai sub-district, Golaghat district, Assam.

- Community development blockGolaghat West
- Census village code294321

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

## What facilities are there in Bongaon?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Bongaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Khumtai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Khumtai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Bongaon known for?

About 58% of the 294 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 Bongaon

Of every 100 households in Bongaon in 2011, 43 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bongaon · ■ Khumtai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**43%

Tap water ****12%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**88%

Use banking services ****63%**

**46%

Television ****33%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**90%

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 Bongaon?

■ Bongaon · ■ Khumtai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**72.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**967

Working population ****40.9%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 85.0% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 292 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 70 (15%) · **■** Marginal 92 (19%)

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 Khumtai

- Buralikson1,253 people
- Kancha Chapori1,241 people
- Upar Temera1,234 people
- Nam-Temera1,194 people
- Gopi Gaon1,170 people
- Kocheepathar Gaon1,117 people
- Alami Chapori1,115 people
- Sankala Gaon1,077 people

[All 69 villages in Khumtai](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/golaghat/khumtai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bongaon?1,177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bongaon in?Golaghat district (Khumtai sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bongaon?88.6% (Census 2011)