# Amarapathar Village, Sonapur, Kamrup Metropolitan (Assam)

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Village · Sonapur, Kamrup Metropolitan 

# Amarapathar

Amarapathar is a village in Sonapur sub-district of Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,941 people in 383 households**, the 17th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 1,941people (2011)
- 383households
- 72.9%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Amarapathar PIN code and other codes

Amarapathar falls in Sonapur sub-district, Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatHahara
- Community development blockDimoria
- Census village code303505

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

## How far is Amarapathar from nearby towns?

- Guwahati (district HQ)50 km by road
- Guwahati (nearest town)50 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 Amarapathar?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Amarapathar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bargog
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bargog
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)17 h summer · 19 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.

## Homes and amenities in Amarapathar

Of every 100 households in Amarapathar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Amarapathar · ■ Sonapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**38%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**78%

Use banking services ****46%**

**56%

Television ****30%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****22%**

**14%

Own their home ****94%**

**91%

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 Amarapathar?

■ Amarapathar · ■ Sonapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**976

Working population ****39.3%**

**41.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 67.2% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (7%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 267 (35%) · **■** Marginal 366 (48%)

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 Sonapur

- Kahikuchi2,211 people
- Bejeni N.C.2,031 people
- Dharbam1,996 people
- Maloibari Gaon1,959 people
- Kamarkuchi1,725 people
- Bamunkhat1,672 people
- Gaon Dimoria1,616 people
- Ulubam1,607 people

[All 142 villages in Sonapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kamrup-metropolitan/sonapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amarapathar from Guwahati?50 km by road
- What is the population of Amarapathar?1,941 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarapathar in?Kamrup Metropolitan district (Sonapur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Amarapathar?72.9% (Census 2011)