# Baruah Pukhuri Chah Village, Amguri, Sivasagar (Assam) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/amguri/baruah-pukhuri-chah/ Village · Amguri, Sivasagar # Baruah Pukhuri Chah Baruah Pukhuri Chah is a village in Amguri sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 253 households**, the 46th largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.0%. - 1,216people (2011) - 253households - 72.4%literacy - 964females per 1,000 males ## Baruah Pukhuri Chah PIN code and other codes Baruah Pukhuri Chah falls in Amguri sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam. - Gram panchayatLalin Chapori - Community development blockGourisagar - Census village code292782 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Baruah Pukhuri Chah from nearby towns? - Sivasagar (district HQ)40 km by road - Amguri (nearest town)3 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 Baruah Pukhuri Chah? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Baruah Pukhuri Chah; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Amguri - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Amguri - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 13 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 Baruah Pukhuri Chah known for? The main crops are **paddy, green tea and rabi crops**. About 34% of the 306 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 Baruah Pukhuri Chah Of every 100 households in Baruah Pukhuri Chah in 2011, 31 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Baruah Pukhuri Chah · ■ Amguri rural average Electricity for lighting ****31%** **53% Toilet within the home ****73%** **82% No toilet (open defecation) ****26%** **17% Tap water ****8%** **39% Drinking water within premises ****2%** **26% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%** **22% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%** **78% Use banking services ****27%** **55% Television ****18%** **39% Mobile phone ****17%** **55% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****16%** **21% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **7% None of these assets ****31%** **12% Own their home ****71%** **82% 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 Baruah Pukhuri Chah? ■ Baruah Pukhuri Chah · ■ Amguri rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%** **85.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964** **980 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1134** **963 Working population ****46.1%** **42.7% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.7% for men and 64.7% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 62 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (5%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 352 (63%) · **■** Marginal 105 (19%) 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 Amguri - Kukura Chowanara1,235 people - Belimukhia1,224 people - Miri Chutia1,219 people - Bharaluwa1,218 people - Jaradhara1,188 people - Mantania1,186 people - Balamia Chawdang1,185 people - Khanikor1,179 people [All 111 villages in Amguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/amguri/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Baruah Pukhuri Chah from Sivasagar?40 km by road - What is the population of Baruah Pukhuri Chah?1,216 (Census 2011) - Which district is Baruah Pukhuri Chah in?Sivasagar district (Amguri sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Baruah Pukhuri Chah?72.4% (Census 2011)