# Banfera Grant Village, Sonari, Sivasagar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/sonari/banfera-grant/ Village · Sonari, Sivasagar # Banfera Grant Banfera Grant is a village in Sonari sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **576 people in 127 households**, the 162nd largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%. - 576people (2011) - 127households - 71.1%literacy - 783females per 1,000 males ## Banfera Grant PIN code and other codes Banfera Grant falls in Sonari sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam. - Gram panchayatRajapukhuri - Community development blockPachim Abhoypur - Census village code293025 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Banfera Grant from nearby towns? - Sonari (sub-district HQ)0 km by road - Sivasagar (district HQ)50 km by road - Sonari (nearest town)0 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 Banfera Grant? 10 services counted by the Census are inside Banfera Grant; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sonari - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sonari - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat - ○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 marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 15 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 Banfera Grant known for? The main crops are **tea leave and paddy**. About 70% of the 262 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 Banfera Grant Of every 100 households in Banfera Grant in 2011, 15 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Banfera Grant · ■ Sonari rural average Electricity for lighting ****15%** **39% Toilet within the home ****72%** **68% No toilet (open defecation) ****28%** **30% Tap water ****12%** **16% Drinking water within premises ****62%** **44% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%** **11% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%** **88% Use banking services ****40%** **40% Television ****28%** **32% Mobile phone ****42%** **39% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****7%** **11% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **4% None of these assets ****35%** **25% Own their home ****76%** **76% 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 Banfera Grant? ■ Banfera Grant · ■ Sonari rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%** **71.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****783** **956 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****547** **963 Working population ****44.6%** **42.7% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.2% for men and 61.5% for women. 52% of men and 36% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 15 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 165 (64%) · **■** Marginal 53 (21%) 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 Sonari - Naga Gaon606 people - Medela Jan No.2585 people - Bhajoni579 people - Dharam Pothar578 people - Nahar Pukhuri Konwar Gaon576 people - Abhoypur Grant574 people - Abhoypuria574 people - Hawfaw No.2574 people [All 226 villages in Sonari](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/sonari/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Banfera Grant from Sivasagar?50 km by road - What is the population of Banfera Grant?576 (Census 2011) - Which district is Banfera Grant in?Sivasagar district (Sonari sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Banfera Grant?71.1% (Census 2011)