# Alta Village, Kamalpur, Kamrup (Assam) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Kamalpur, Kamrup 

# Alta

Alta is a village in Kamalpur sub-district of Kamrup district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,040 people in 212 households**, the 77th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.1%.

- 1,040people (2011)
- 212households
- 92.8%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Alta PIN code and other codes

Alta falls in Kamalpur sub-district, Kamrup district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatKamalpur
- Community development blockKamalpur
- Census village code302468

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

## How far is Alta from nearby towns?

- Kamalpur (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Amingaon (district HQ)27 km by road
- Rangia (nearest town)20 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 Alta?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Alta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Kamalpur
- ○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 stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)15 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 Alta known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 27% of the 244 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 Alta

Of every 100 households in Alta in 2011, 54 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Alta · ■ Kamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**32%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**70%

Use banking services ****87%**

**66%

Television ****38%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****15%**

**12%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Alta?

■ Alta · ■ Kamalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.8%**

**89.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**910

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**938

Working population ****37.6%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 86.9% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 178 (46%) · **■** Marginal 135 (35%)

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 Kamalpur

- Paikana1,120 people
- Kokeria1,118 people
- Madanpur1,098 people
- Autala1,092 people
- Tulsikharikata1,038 people
- Maukuchi1,006 people
- Tahura987 people
- Singrapara982 people

[All 116 villages in Kamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kamrup/kamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Alta from Amingaon?27 km by road
- What is the population of Alta?1,040 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alta in?Kamrup district (Kamalpur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Alta?92.8% (Census 2011)