# Upper Namchai Village, Nazira, Sivasagar (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Nazira, Sivasagar 

# Upper Namchai

Upper Namchai is a village in Nazira sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **622 people in 125 households**, the 95th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.2%.

- 622people (2011)
- 125households
- 59.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Upper Namchai PIN code and other codes

Upper Namchai falls in Nazira sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBantung Gaon
- Community development blockSibsagar
- Census village code292915

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

## How far is Upper Namchai from nearby towns?

- Sivasagar (district HQ)27 km by road
- Simaluguri (nearest town)11 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 Upper Namchai?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dolbagan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gargaon
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chulagaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 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 Upper Namchai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tea leave and bamboo**. About 45% of the 109 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 Upper Namchai

Of every 100 households in Upper Namchai in 2011, 6 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upper Namchai · ■ Nazira rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**29%

Tap water ****0%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**26%

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

**18%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****10%**

**46%

Television ****19%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**18%

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

**7%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Upper Namchai?

■ Upper Namchai · ■ Nazira rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**79.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**954

Working population ****39.4%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 51.7% for women. 48% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 106 (43%) · **■** Other work 135 (55%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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

- Chetia Katoni680 people
- Gohain676 people
- No.6 Bokupukhuri Habi674 people
- Changdhora645 people
- Kowamora Athabari Grant597 people
- Phuloni Bari580 people
- Pator Gaon572 people
- Bangmuria Konwar551 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Upper Namchai from Sivasagar?27 km by road
- What is the population of Upper Namchai?622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upper Namchai in?Sivasagar district (Nazira sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Upper Namchai?59.1% (Census 2011)