Village · Nazira, Sivasagar
# Chetia Handique

Chetia Handique is a village in Nazira sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 1,113 people in 265 households, the 59th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.2%.
- 1,113 people (2011)
- 265 households
- 96.0% literacy
- 953 females per 1,000 males

## Chetia Handique PIN code and other codes

Chetia Handique falls in Nazira sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.
- Gram panchayat Radoi Pukhuri
- Community development block Sibsagar
- Census village code 292903

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Chetia Handique from nearby towns?
- Sivasagar (district HQ) 24 km by road
- Simaluguri (nearest town) 7 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Chetia Handique?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Chetia Handique; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 3 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 2 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Gargaon
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Gargaon
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Chuladhar
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 14 h summer · 13 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chetia Handique known for?

The main crops are paddy, bamboo and banana. About 77% of the 251 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Chetia Handique

Of every 100 households in Chetia Handique in 2011, 50 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chetia Handique · ■ Nazira rural average
- Electricity for lighting 50% 55%
- Toilet within the home 91% 69%
- No toilet (open defecation) 9% 29%
- Tap water 5% 34%
- Drinking water within premises 27% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 24% 18%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 75% 81%
- Use banking services 81% 46%
- Television 43% 42%
- Mobile phone 62% 51%
- Computer with internet 2% 1%
- Two-wheeler 27% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 6% 7%
- None of these assets 7% 19%
- Own their home 97% 80%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chetia Handique?

■ Chetia Handique · ■ Nazira rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 96.0% 79.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 953 953
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 719 954
- Working population 52.1% 42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 94.2% for women. 59% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 174 (30%) · ■ Farm labourers 27 (5%) · ■ Household industry 10 (2%) · ■ Other work 90 (16%) · ■ Marginal 279 (48%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Nazira
- Miri Gaon 1,171 people
- Smithpur Grant 1,165 people
- Jogi Sotokia 1,161 people
- Tipomia 1,114 people
- Gohain Handique 1,102 people
- Bailung Chetia 1,091 people
- Moran Gaon 1,071 people
- Naw Holia Gaon 1,070 people

All 124 villages in Nazira

## Quick answers
- How far is Chetia Handique from Sivasagar? 24 km by road
- What is the population of Chetia Handique? 1,113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chetia Handique in? Sivasagar district (Nazira sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Chetia Handique? 96.0% (Census 2011)

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