# Bhuja Village, Nilambazar, Karimganj (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Nilambazar, Karimganj 

# Bhuja

Bhuja is a village in Nilambazar sub-district of Karimganj district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **850 people in 169 households**, the 113th largest of 177 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 850people (2011)
- 169households
- 85.4%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Bhuja PIN code and other codes

Bhuja falls in Nilambazar sub-district, Karimganj district, Assam.

- Community development blockSouth Karimganj
- Census village code300305

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

## How far is Bhuja from nearby towns?

- Karimganj (district HQ)14 km by road
- Karimganj (nearest town)14 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 Bhuja?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 · Nilambazar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Karimganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Silchar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- 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 Bhuja known for?

The main crops are **rice and potato**. About 66% of the 23 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 Bhuja

Of every 100 households in Bhuja in 2011, 45 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhuja · ■ Nilambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**93%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**29%

Television ****36%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**49%

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 Bhuja?

■ Bhuja · ■ Nilambazar rural average

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

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**970

Working population ****26.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 82.1% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 157 (69%) · **■** Marginal 14 (6%)

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 Nilambazar

- Mahamadpur Pt III878 people
- Lamabahadurpur Pt I871 people
- Gangpar870 people
- Promodnagar T.E.852 people
- Chaykut822 people
- Meda Pt I804 people
- Lamabahadurpur Pt II788 people
- Chayabari Pt II782 people

[All 180 villages in Nilambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/karimganj/nilambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhuja from Karimganj?14 km by road
- What is the population of Bhuja?850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhuja in?Karimganj district (Nilambazar sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bhuja?85.4% (Census 2011)