# Sastar Village, Hajo, Kamrup (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hajo, Kamrup 

# Sastar

Sastar is a village in Hajo sub-district of Kamrup district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **429 people in 89 households**, the 100th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 429people (2011)
- 89households
- 89.4%literacy
- 1,156females per 1,000 males

## Sastar PIN code and other codes

Sastar falls in Hajo sub-district, Kamrup district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatKhagen Bharali
- Community development blockHajo
- Census village code302620

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

## How far is Sastar from nearby towns?

- Hajo (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Amingaon (district HQ)36 km by road
- Guwahati (nearest town)35 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 Sastar?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Sastar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hajo
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hajo
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated 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 Sastar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 35% of the 75 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 Sastar

Of every 100 households in Sastar in 2011, 74 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 60 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sastar · ■ Hajo rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**40%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**65%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****60%**

**34%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**65%

Use banking services ****58%**

**45%

Television ****51%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Sastar?

■ Sastar · ■ Hajo rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1156**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1263**

**964

Working population ****51.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 81.6% for women. 59% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (3%) · **■** Household industry 7 (3%) · **■** Other work 77 (35%) · **■** Marginal 112 (50%)

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 Hajo

- Saktibari479 people
- Garia Para Pacharia478 people
- Kismat Kuriha471 people
- No.2 Khalihamari459 people
- No.1 Solmari424 people
- Ujan Tokradia405 people
- No.2 Kulhati373 people
- Silkuri368 people

[All 133 villages in Hajo](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kamrup/hajo/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sastar from Amingaon?36 km by road
- What is the population of Sastar?429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sastar in?Kamrup district (Hajo sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sastar?89.4% (Census 2011)