# Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest Village, Mayong, Morigaon (Assam)

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Village · Mayong, Morigaon 

# Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest

Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest is a village in Mayong sub-district of Morigaon district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,812 people in 360 households**, the 34th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 1,812people (2011)
- 360households
- 48.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest PIN code and other codes

Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest falls in Mayong sub-district, Morigaon district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatMayong
- Community development blockMayang
- Census village code283612

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

## How far is Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest from nearby towns?

- Mayong (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Morigaon (district HQ)35 km by road
- Marigaon (nearest town)13 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 Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jagiroad
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jagirod
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest

Of every 100 households in Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest in 2011, 7 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest · ■ Mayong rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**54%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****31%**

**48%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest?

■ Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest · ■ Mayong rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**944

Working population ****45.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.1% for men and 41.4% for women. 56% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (5%) · **■** Household industry 93 (11%) · **■** Other work 451 (55%) · **■** Marginal 166 (20%)

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 Mayong

- Chenimari2,000 people
- Bhalukaguri1,970 people
- Bar Gamari1,927 people
- Chotogarjan1,837 people
- Bhakatgaon1,780 people
- Goroimari1,771 people
- Nakara Habi1,764 people
- Garakhia Dhap1,751 people

[All 177 villages in Mayong](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/morigaon/mayong/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest from Morigaon?35 km by road
- What is the population of Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest?1,812 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest in?Morigaon district (Mayong sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sonai Kushi Reserve Forest?48.5% (Census 2011)
