# Handique Village, Nazira, Sivasagar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Nazira, Sivasagar 

# Handique

Handique is a village in Nazira sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **875 people in 175 households**, the 74th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.2%.

- 875people (2011)
- 175households
- 93.9%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Handique PIN code and other codes

Handique falls in Nazira sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatPuwali Phukon
- Community development blockNazira
- Census village code292857

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

## How far is Handique from nearby towns?

- Nazira (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Sivasagar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Nazira (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 Handique?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Satsai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nazira
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chuladhar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and tanks / ponds
- 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 Handique known for?

The main crops are **paddy, bamboo and betel nut**. About 83% of the 274 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 Handique

Of every 100 households in Handique in 2011, 50 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Handique · ■ Nazira rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**29%

Tap water ****1%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**81%

Use banking services ****39%**

**46%

Television ****45%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**7%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**80%

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 Handique?

■ Handique · ■ Nazira rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.9%**

**79.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**954

Working population ****40.9%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 90.4% for women. 58% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 75 (21%) · **■** Marginal 275 (77%)

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 Nazira

- Hulal Kalita916 people
- Kachari915 people
- Maduri Chah Bagicha912 people
- Joykhamdang Khat Gaon879 people
- Bhakat Gaon855 people
- Singha Duwar Grant855 people
- Bailung Gaon836 people
- Chetia836 people

[All 124 villages in Nazira](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/nazira/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Handique from Sivasagar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Handique?875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Handique in?Sivasagar district (Nazira sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Handique?93.9% (Census 2011)