# Kokjar Village, Palasbari, Kamrup (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Palasbari, Kamrup 

# Kokjar

Kokjar is a village in Palasbari sub-district of Kamrup district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **3,560 people in 762 households**, the 12th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 3,560people (2011)
- 762households
- 86.6%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Kokjar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKochpara
- Community development blockChayani Barduar
- Census village code303267

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

## How far is Kokjar from nearby towns?

- Palasbari (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Amingaon (district HQ)20 km by road
- Palasbari (nearest town)1 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 Kokjar?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Kokjar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mirza
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Mirza
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Mirza
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 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 Kokjar known for?

The main crops are **rice and mustard seeds**. About 54% of the 282 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 Kokjar

Of every 100 households in Kokjar in 2011, 74 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kokjar · ■ Palasbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**69%

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

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**75%

Use banking services ****72%**

**50%

Television ****59%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****9%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**12%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

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 Kokjar?

■ Kokjar · ■ Palasbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**941

Working population ****38.3%**

**43.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 80.9% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (1%) · **■** Household industry 112 (8%) · **■** Other work 849 (62%) · **■** Marginal 308 (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

- Amranga3,977 people
- Tezpur3,910 people
- Jiakur No.23,680 people
- Barhanti Rangamati3,598 people
- Rampur No.33,327 people
- Bongara3,273 people
- Barduar Tea Garden No.13,258 people
- Sulikata3,171 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kokjar from Amingaon?20 km by road
- What is the population of Kokjar?3,560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kokjar in?Kamrup district (Palasbari sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Kokjar?86.6% (Census 2011)