# Nihang Engti Village, Silonijan, Karbi Anglong (Assam)

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Village · Silonijan, Karbi Anglong 

# Nihang Engti

Nihang Engti is a village in Silonijan sub-district of Karbi Anglong district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **176 people in 15 households**, the 150th largest of 369 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 176people (2011)
- 15households
- 85.4%literacy
- 778females per 1,000 males

## Nihang Engti PIN code and other codes

Nihang Engti falls in Silonijan sub-district, Karbi Anglong district, Assam.

- Community development blockNilip
- Census village code298037

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

## How far is Nihang Engti from nearby towns?

- Diphu (district HQ)137 km by road
- Golaghat (nearest town)52 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 Nihang Engti?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Nihang Engti; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Langso
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Deithor
- ○Degree college10+ km · Golaghat
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Golaghat
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 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 Nihang Engti known for?

The main crops are **paddy, orange and vegetable**. About 42% of the 60 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 Nihang Engti

Of every 100 households in Nihang Engti in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nihang Engti · ■ Silonijan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**46%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**28%

Television ****0%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Nihang Engti?

■ Nihang Engti · ■ Silonijan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****778**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****524**

**940

Working population ****35.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 81.8% for women. 32% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 18 (29%) · **■** Household industry 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 38 (61%)

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 Silonijan

- Bachekrang180 people
- Sam Hanse180 people
- Bura Taro179 people
- Kania Teron179 people
- Angjok Rongpi175 people
- Dhaniram Engti175 people
- Lang-Rung Hanse173 people
- Lunse Phangcho173 people

[All 406 villages in Silonijan](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/karbi-anglong/silonijan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Nihang Engti from Diphu?137 km by road
- What is the population of Nihang Engti?176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nihang Engti in?Karbi Anglong district (Silonijan sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Nihang Engti?85.4% (Census 2011)