# Gorokhia Bam No.2 Village, Sonari, Sivasagar (Assam) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/sonari/gorokhia-bam-no-2/ Village · Sonari, Sivasagar # Gorokhia Bam No.2 Gorokhia Bam No.2 is a village in Sonari sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **428 people in 92 households**, the 180th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%. - 428people (2011) - 92households - 66.0%literacy - 963females per 1,000 males ## Gorokhia Bam No.2 PIN code and other codes Gorokhia Bam No.2 falls in Sonari sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam. - Gram panchayatAdishree - Community development blockSapekhati - Census village code293115 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Gorokhia Bam No.2 from nearby towns? - Sonari (sub-district HQ)17 km by road - Sivasagar (district HQ)78 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 Gorokhia Bam No.2? 5 services counted by the Census are inside Gorokhia Bam No.2; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kolakata - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sapekhati - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Simaluguri - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 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 Gorokhia Bam No.2 known for? The main crops are **paddy, tea leave and rabi crops**. About 49% of the 93 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 Gorokhia Bam No.2 Of every 100 households in Gorokhia Bam No.2 in 2011, 1 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Gorokhia Bam No.2 · ■ Sonari rural average Electricity for lighting ****1%** **39% Toilet within the home ****71%** **68% No toilet (open defecation) ****28%** **30% Tap water ****1%** **16% Drinking water within premises ****40%** **44% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%** **11% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%** **88% Use banking services ****22%** **40% Television ****8%** **32% Mobile phone ****39%** **39% Computer with internet ****2%** **1% Two-wheeler ****13%** **11% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **4% None of these assets ****27%** **25% Own their home ****99%** **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 Gorokhia Bam No.2? ■ Gorokhia Bam No.2 · ■ Sonari rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%** **71.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963** **956 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****618** **963 Working population ****51.2%** **42.7% ### Women and men Literacy is 75.5% for men and 56.6% for women. 51% of men and 51% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 50 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (55%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 43 (20%) 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 - Tangia F.V440 people - Bortimon437 people - Chakial Gaon431 people - No.3 Gowala Pothar430 people - Bhotorbari427 people - Charaipung No.1 & Bimalapur422 people - Bihubor Habi No.1420 people - Ghorajan T.E.No.2420 people [All 226 villages in Sonari](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/sonari/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Gorokhia Bam No.2 from Sivasagar?78 km by road - What is the population of Gorokhia Bam No.2?428 (Census 2011) - Which district is Gorokhia Bam No.2 in?Sivasagar district (Sonari sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Gorokhia Bam No.2?66.0% (Census 2011)