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

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Village · Sonari, Sivasagar 

# Ghorachuwa

Ghorachuwa is a village in Sonari sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,020 people in 219 households**, the 111th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 1,020people (2011)
- 219households
- 96.4%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Ghorachuwa PIN code and other codes

Ghorachuwa falls in Sonari sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatSilakuti
- Community development blockSibsagar
- Census village code292963

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

## How far is Ghorachuwa from nearby towns?

- Sivasagar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Simaluguri (nearest town)8 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 Ghorachuwa?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Ghorachuwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lakwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gargaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Simaluguri
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 21 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 Ghorachuwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 287 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 Ghorachuwa

Of every 100 households in Ghorachuwa in 2011, 87 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Ghorachuwa · ■ Sonari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**30%

Tap water ****15%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**88%

Use banking services ****63%**

**40%

Television ****60%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**25%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Ghorachuwa?

■ Ghorachuwa · ■ Sonari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.4%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**963

Working population ****30.2%**

**42.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.5% for men and 94.3% for women. 51% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 184 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (6%) · **■** Other work 94 (31%) · **■** Marginal 13 (4%)

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

- Bhuyan Khat1,038 people
- Laloti Pothar No.21,038 people
- Maut Gaon & Mout Gaon Rly. Stn.1,036 people
- Nagakata Gaon1,026 people
- Kukurachowa Gaon995 people
- Jutuloni Habi969 people
- 1 No. Konwar Gaon967 people
- Bormothurapur Gaon956 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghorachuwa from Sivasagar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Ghorachuwa?1,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorachuwa in?Sivasagar district (Sonari sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorachuwa?96.4% (Census 2011)