# Gossaigaon No.2 Village, Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar (Assam)

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Village · Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar 

# Gossaigaon No.2

Gossaigaon No.2 is a village in Gossaigaon sub-district of Kokrajhar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **931 people in 200 households**, the 96th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 931people (2011)
- 200households
- 86.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Gossaigaon No.2 PIN code and other codes

Gossaigaon No.2 falls in Gossaigaon sub-district, Kokrajhar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBabubil
- Community development blockGossaigaon
- Census village code279772

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

## How far is Gossaigaon No.2 from nearby towns?

- Gossaigaon (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Kokrajhar (district HQ)60 km by road
- Gossaigaon (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 Gossaigaon No.2?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Gossaigaon No.2; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered 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.2 known for?

The main crops are **rice, jute and oil seed**. About 61% of the 66 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.2

Of every 100 households in Gossaigaon No.2 in 2011, 83 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gossaigaon No.2 · ■ Gossaigaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**96%

Use banking services ****93%**

**24%

Television ****50%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**24%

Own their home ****93%**

**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.2?

■ Gossaigaon No.2 · ■ Gossaigaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**948

Working population ****30.2%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 81.2% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 237 (84%) · **■** Marginal 24 (9%)

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

- Moktaigaon-I956 people
- Bhowraguri-Satbil-II955 people
- Satyapur F.V.937 people
- Panbari No.2932 people
- Goladangi No.2904 people
- Hatigarh No.2904 people
- Chandrapur902 people
- Jakoppur902 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gossaigaon No.2 from Kokrajhar?60 km by road
- What is the population of Gossaigaon No.2?931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gossaigaon No.2 in?Kokrajhar district (Gossaigaon sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Gossaigaon No.2?86.9% (Census 2011)
