# Bongara Village, Palasbari, Kamrup (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Palasbari, Kamrup 

# Bongara

Bongara is a village in Palasbari sub-district of Kamrup district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **3,273 people in 684 households**, the 14th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 3,273people (2011)
- 684households
- 88.8%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Bongara PIN code and other codes

Bongara falls in Palasbari sub-district, Kamrup district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBangara
- Community development blockChayani Barduar
- Census village code303259

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

## How far is Bongara from nearby towns?

- Amingaon (district HQ)20 km by road
- Palasbari (nearest town)10 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 Bongara?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Bongara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mirza
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Mirza
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 15 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 Bongara known for?

The main crops are **rice, jute and mustard seeds**. About 80% of the 330 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 Bongara

Of every 100 households in Bongara in 2011, 72 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Bongara · ■ Palasbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****56%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**75%

Use banking services ****76%**

**50%

Television ****57%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**4%

None of these assets ****5%**

**14%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bongara?

■ Bongara · ■ Palasbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**941

Working population ****29.2%**

**43.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 84.6% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (14%) · **■** Household industry 74 (8%) · **■** Other work 387 (41%) · **■** Marginal 222 (23%)

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 Palasbari

- Jiakur No.23,680 people
- Barhanti Rangamati3,598 people
- Kokjar3,560 people
- Rampur No.33,327 people
- Barduar Tea Garden No.13,258 people
- Sulikata3,171 people
- Dhalipar3,159 people
- Bhatkhowadia N.C.2,975 people

[All 194 villages in Palasbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kamrup/palasbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bongara from Amingaon?20 km by road
- What is the population of Bongara?3,273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bongara in?Kamrup district (Palasbari sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bongara?88.8% (Census 2011)