# Kachia gaon Village, Sonapur, Kamrup Metropolitan (Assam)

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Village · Sonapur, Kamrup Metropolitan 

# Kachia gaon

Kachia gaon is a village in Sonapur sub-district of Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,504 people in 316 households**, the 28th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 1,504people (2011)
- 316households
- 84.0%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Kachia gaon PIN code and other codes

Kachia gaon falls in Sonapur sub-district, Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatKamerkuchi
- Community development blockDimoria
- Census village code303447

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

## How far is Kachia gaon from nearby towns?

- Guwahati (district HQ)29 km by road
- Guwahati (nearest town)29 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 Kachia gaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Sonapur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Khetri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 16 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 Kachia gaon

Of every 100 households in Kachia gaon in 2011, 61 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 37 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kachia gaon · ■ Sonapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**38%

Tap water ****8%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****37%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**78%

Use banking services ****75%**

**56%

Television ****49%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**4%

None of these assets ****9%**

**14%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Kachia gaon?

■ Kachia gaon · ■ Sonapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**976

Working population ****37.2%**

**41.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 78.0% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 113 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (11%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 294 (52%) · **■** Marginal 88 (16%)

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

- Amseng N.C.1,545 people
- Sonai Gaon1,545 people
- Juboi1,522 people
- Maloibari Pathar1,521 people
- Uttar Dimoria1,494 people
- No.1 Ouzari1,473 people
- Sarutari Gaon1,445 people
- Tamulikuchi Gaon1,413 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kachia gaon from Guwahati?29 km by road
- What is the population of Kachia gaon?1,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachia gaon in?Kamrup Metropolitan district (Sonapur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Kachia gaon?84.0% (Census 2011)