# Charagaon Village, Dotoma, Kokrajhar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Dotoma, Kokrajhar 

# Charagaon

Charagaon is a village in Dotoma sub-district of Kokrajhar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **691 people in 140 households**, the 80th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 691people (2011)
- 140households
- 55.5%literacy
- 804females per 1,000 males

## Charagaon PIN code and other codes

Charagaon falls in Dotoma sub-district, Kokrajhar district, Assam.

- Community development blockDotoma
- Census village code280102

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

## How far is Charagaon from nearby towns?

- Dotoma (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Kokrajhar (district HQ)25 km by road
- Kokrajhar (nearest town)25 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 Charagaon?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Charagaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dotoma
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kokrajhar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 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 waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Charagaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, mustard seed and jute**. About 71% of the 79 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 Charagaon

Of every 100 households in Charagaon in 2011, 1 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Charagaon · ■ Dotoma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**66%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**35%

Television ****3%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Charagaon?

■ Charagaon · ■ Dotoma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****804**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**955

Working population ****31.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 51.4% for women. 49% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (38%) · **■** Household industry 14 (7%) · **■** Other work 38 (18%) · **■** Marginal 15 (7%)

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 Dotoma

- Lakhanabari700 people
- Bhakuamari697 people
- Koraitola697 people
- Tapapara697 people
- Bagariguri687 people
- Brijokhal665 people
- Bangaljhora659 people
- Pakhiriguri654 people

[All 172 villages in Dotoma](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kokrajhar/dotoma/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Charagaon from Kokrajhar?25 km by road
- What is the population of Charagaon?691 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Charagaon in?Kokrajhar district (Dotoma sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Charagaon?55.5% (Census 2011)