# Bhekelai Village, Dimow, Sivasagar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dimow, Sivasagar 

# Bhekelai

Bhekelai is a village in Dimow sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **208 people in 44 households**, the 141st largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 208people (2011)
- 44households
- 91.0%literacy
- 778females per 1,000 males

## Bhekelai PIN code and other codes

Bhekelai falls in Dimow sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatSukanpukhuri
- Community development blockDemow
- Census village code292503

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

## How far is Bhekelai from nearby towns?

- Dimow (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Sivasagar (district HQ)23 km by road
- Sivasagar (nearest town)23 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 Bhekelai?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Bhekelai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Demow
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Demow
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Bhekelai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 70% of the 100 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 Bhekelai

Of every 100 households in Bhekelai in 2011, 54 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Bhekelai · ■ Dimow rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**36%

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

**64%

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

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****96%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**85%

Use banking services ****80%**

**44%

Television ****27%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**85%

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 Bhekelai?

■ Bhekelai · ■ Dimow rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.0%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****778**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****357**

**968

Working population ****66.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 87.2% for women. 64% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (14%) · **■** Marginal 116 (84%)

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 Dimow

- Debapur260 people
- Borpathar239 people
- Naharanibam228 people
- Barbam Block210 people
- Rupapur200 people
- Rajabari158 people
- Sapekhati Bam146 people
- Gohain Pathar141 people

[All 158 villages in Dimow](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/dimow/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhekelai from Sivasagar?23 km by road
- What is the population of Bhekelai?208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhekelai in?Sivasagar district (Dimow sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bhekelai?91.0% (Census 2011)