# Chuladhowa Khonikar Village, Sonari, Sivasagar (Assam)

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Village · Sonari, Sivasagar 

# Chuladhowa Khonikar

Chuladhowa Khonikar is a village in Sonari sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,325 people in 292 households**, the 76th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 1,325people (2011)
- 292households
- 91.9%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Chuladhowa Khonikar PIN code and other codes

Chuladhowa Khonikar falls in Sonari sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatHollo Phukon
- Community development blockLakwa
- Census village code292994

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

## How far is Chuladhowa Khonikar from nearby towns?

- Sivasagar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Simaluguri (nearest town)3 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 Chuladhowa Khonikar?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Chuladhowa Khonikar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kukurachowa
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Gargaon
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Gargaon
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Chuladhowa Khonikar known for?

The main crops are **paddy and tea leave**. About 69% of the 283 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 Chuladhowa Khonikar

Of every 100 households in Chuladhowa Khonikar in 2011, 65 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Chuladhowa Khonikar · ■ Sonari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**30%

Tap water ****48%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**88%

Use banking services ****62%**

**40%

Television ****47%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**11%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Chuladhowa Khonikar?

■ Chuladhowa Khonikar · ■ Sonari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**963

Working population ****53.9%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 89.2% for women. 64% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (14%) · **■** Other work 110 (15%) · **■** Marginal 462 (65%)

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

- Chola Chah Bagicha1,390 people
- Jalah Gaon1,389 people
- Hawfaw No.11,382 people
- Sal Kathoni T.G1,353 people
- Dolakharia Gaon1,300 people
- Garia Chiga Gaon1,294 people
- Borpothar1,286 people
- Deodhai1,271 people

[All 226 villages in Sonari](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/sonari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chuladhowa Khonikar from Sivasagar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Chuladhowa Khonikar?1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chuladhowa Khonikar in?Sivasagar district (Sonari sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Chuladhowa Khonikar?91.9% (Census 2011)
