# Bamunkhat Village, Sonapur, Kamrup Metropolitan (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sonapur, Kamrup Metropolitan 

# Bamunkhat

Bamunkhat is a village in Sonapur sub-district of Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,672 people in 321 households**, the 19th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 1,672people (2011)
- 321households
- 72.7%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Bamunkhat PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAigaru
- Community development blockDimoria
- Census village code303438

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

## How far is Bamunkhat from nearby towns?

- Guwahati (district HQ)40 km by road
- Guwahati (nearest town)40 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 Bamunkhat?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Degree college10+ km
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)17 h summer · 18 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 Bamunkhat known for?

About 8% of the 245 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Bamunkhat

Of every 100 households in Bamunkhat in 2011, 31 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bamunkhat · ■ Sonapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**38%

Tap water ****43%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**78%

Use banking services ****26%**

**56%

Television ****24%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**9%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bamunkhat?

■ Bamunkhat · ■ Sonapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**976

Working population ****38.8%**

**41.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 63.6% for women. 56% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 185 (29%) · **■** Marginal 409 (63%)

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

- Dharbam1,996 people
- Maloibari Gaon1,959 people
- Amarapathar1,941 people
- Kamarkuchi1,725 people
- Gaon Dimoria1,616 people
- Ulubam1,607 people
- Tepechia1,570 people
- Bagibari Pathar1,565 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Bamunkhat from Guwahati?40 km by road
- What is the population of Bamunkhat?1,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamunkhat in?Kamrup Metropolitan district (Sonapur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bamunkhat?72.7% (Census 2011)