# Sowpur Village, Doboka, Nagaon (Assam) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Doboka, Nagaon 

# Sowpur

Sowpur is a village in Doboka sub-district of Nagaon district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **2,388 people in 411 households**, the 55th largest of 113 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 2,388people (2011)
- 411households
- 69.4%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Sowpur PIN code and other codes

Sowpur falls in Doboka sub-district, Nagaon district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatJoynagar
- Community development blockJugijan
- Census village code285266

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

## How far is Sowpur from nearby towns?

- Doboka (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Nagaon (district HQ)51 km by road
- Doboka (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 Sowpur?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Sowpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn 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 · Nilbagan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nagaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 18 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 Sowpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 62% of the 252 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 Sowpur

Of every 100 households in Sowpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sowpur · ■ Doboka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**92%

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

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****20%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Sowpur?

■ Sowpur · ■ Doboka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**955

Working population ****25.3%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 63.5% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 111 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (32%) · **■** Other work 82 (14%) · **■** Marginal 218 (36%)

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 Doboka

- Nahargaon2,508 people
- Podomani2,491 people
- Bhagiram Gaon2,461 people
- Marjang Pathar2,433 people
- Hati Bandha2,358 people
- Samarali Tup2,341 people
- Karaiguri2,302 people
- Bheloguri Pather2,299 people

[All 113 villages in Doboka](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/nagaon/doboka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sowpur from Nagaon?51 km by road
- What is the population of Sowpur?2,388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sowpur in?Nagaon district (Doboka sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Sowpur?69.4% (Census 2011)