# Gossaigaon No.1 Village, Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar (Assam)

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Village · Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar 

# Gossaigaon No.1

Gossaigaon No.1 is a village in Gossaigaon sub-district of Kokrajhar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,089 people in 271 households**, the 70th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,089people (2011)
- 271households
- 95.2%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Gossaigaon No.1 PIN code and other codes

Gossaigaon No.1 falls in Gossaigaon sub-district, Kokrajhar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBabubil
- Community development blockGossaigaon
- Census village code279771

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

## How far is Gossaigaon No.1 from nearby towns?

- Gossaigaon (sub-district HQ)0 km by road
- Kokrajhar (district HQ)58 km by road
- Gossaigaon (nearest town)0 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 Gossaigaon No.1?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Gossaigaon No.1; 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gossaigaon
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Gossaigaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bongaigaon
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Gossaigaon No.1 known for?

The main crops are **rice, jute and oil seed**. About 69% of the 50 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 Gossaigaon No.1

Of every 100 households in Gossaigaon No.1 in 2011, 96 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 81 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 37 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Gossaigaon No.1 · ■ Gossaigaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****81%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****19%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**24%

Television ****84%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****37%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**24%

Own their home ****72%**

**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 Gossaigaon No.1?

■ Gossaigaon No.1 · ■ Gossaigaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.2%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**948

Working population ****28.6%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.0% for men and 92.4% for women. 44% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 282 (91%) · **■** Marginal 24 (8%)

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 Gossaigaon

- Pokalagi F.V.1,123 people
- Demdema F.V.1,116 people
- Kurshakati No.11,115 people
- Burichatam No.11,102 people
- Jaraguri No.21,086 people
- Kurshakati No.21,080 people
- Kadomguri No.21,076 people
- Panowari1,071 people

[All 303 villages in Gossaigaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/kokrajhar/gossaigaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gossaigaon No.1 from Kokrajhar?58 km by road
- What is the population of Gossaigaon No.1?1,089 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gossaigaon No.1 in?Kokrajhar district (Gossaigaon sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Gossaigaon No.1?95.2% (Census 2011)
