# Turuk Para Village, Boko, Kamrup (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Boko, Kamrup 

# Turuk Para

Turuk Para is a village in Boko sub-district of Kamrup district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,100 people in 253 households**, the 36th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 1,100people (2011)
- 253households
- 83.6%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Turuk Para PIN code and other codes

Turuk Para falls in Boko sub-district, Kamrup district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBoko
- Community development blockBoko
- Census village code303061

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

## How far is Turuk Para from nearby towns?

- Boko (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Amingaon (district HQ)53 km by road
- Palasbari (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 Turuk Para?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Turuk Para; 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
- ●State highwayIn 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 · Boko
- ○Degree college10+ km · Guwahati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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.

## What is Turuk Para known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 63% of the 198 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 Turuk Para

Of every 100 households in Turuk Para in 2011, 51 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Turuk Para · ■ Boko rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**45%

Tap water ****13%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**39%

Television ****43%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**15%

Own their home ****90%**

**97%

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 Turuk Para?

■ Turuk Para · ■ Boko rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**946

Working population ****49.3%**

**46.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 76.6% for women. 55% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 184 (34%) · **■** Marginal 346 (64%)

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 Boko

- Ghilabari1,148 people
- No.2 Nalapara1,133 people
- Ujanpara1,133 people
- Agchia1,102 people
- Joypur1,083 people
- Malongkona N.C.1,066 people
- Bala Para1,029 people
- Chaikata1,029 people

[All 140 villages in Boko](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kamrup/boko/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Turuk Para from Amingaon?53 km by road
- What is the population of Turuk Para?1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turuk Para in?Kamrup district (Boko sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Turuk Para?83.6% (Census 2011)