# Dharam Pothar Village, Sonari, Sivasagar (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sonari, Sivasagar 

# Dharam Pothar

Dharam Pothar is a village in Sonari sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **578 people in 128 households**, the 161st largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 578people (2011)
- 128households
- 63.1%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Dharam Pothar PIN code and other codes

Dharam Pothar falls in Sonari sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBuruguri
- Community development blockSapekhati
- Census village code293101

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

## How far is Dharam Pothar from nearby towns?

- Sonari (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Sivasagar (district HQ)76 km by road
- Sonari (nearest town)17 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 Dharam Pothar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dharam Pothar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sapekhati
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sapekhati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jorhat
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 11 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 Dharam Pothar known for?

The main crops are **tea leave and paddy**. About 81% of the 136 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 Dharam Pothar

Of every 100 households in Dharam Pothar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dharam Pothar · ■ Sonari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****0%**

**40%

Television ****5%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

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

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dharam Pothar?

■ Dharam Pothar · ■ Sonari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**963

Working population ****34.3%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 53.9% for women. 52% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 46 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (47%) · **■** Other work 49 (25%) · **■** Marginal 9 (5%)

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

- Kachari Pothar608 people
- Naga Gaon606 people
- Medela Jan No.2585 people
- Bhajoni579 people
- Banfera Grant576 people
- Nahar Pukhuri Konwar Gaon576 people
- Abhoypur Grant574 people
- Abhoypuria574 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharam Pothar from Sivasagar?76 km by road
- What is the population of Dharam Pothar?578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharam Pothar in?Sivasagar district (Sonari sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Dharam Pothar?63.1% (Census 2011)