Village · Sonari, Sivasagar # No.4 Gowala Pothar No.4 Gowala Pothar is a village in Sonari sub-district of Sivasagar district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 848 people in 171 households, the 128th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%. - 848 people (2011) - 171 households - 35.3% literacy - 941 females per 1,000 males ## No.4 Gowala Pothar PIN code and other codes No.4 Gowala Pothar falls in Sonari sub-district, Sivasagar district, Assam. - Gram panchayat Sonari G.P - Community development block Pachim Abhoypur - Census village code 293011 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is No.4 Gowala Pothar from nearby towns? - Sonari (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road - Sivasagar (district HQ) 49 km by road - Sonari (nearest town) 4 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in No.4 Gowala Pothar? 12 services counted by the Census are inside No.4 Gowala Pothar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Middle school In village · 1 govt - ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 2 doctors - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Private bus service In village - ● State highway In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Sports field In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Sonari - ○ Degree college under 5 km · Sonari - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jorhat - ○ Primary health centre under 5 km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary under 5 km - ○ Post office under 5 km - ○ Public bus service under 5 km - ○ Railway station 5–10 km - ○ ATM under 5 km - ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km - ○ Public library under 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 16 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is No.4 Gowala Pothar known for? The main crops are paddy and tea leave. About 52% of the 153 hectares of village land is sown. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in No.4 Gowala Pothar Of every 100 households in No.4 Gowala Pothar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ No.4 Gowala Pothar · ■ Sonari rural average - Electricity for lighting 36% 39% - Toilet within the home 45% 68% - No toilet (open defecation) 55% 30% - Tap water 0% 16% - Drinking water within premises 33% 44% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 11% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 88% - Use banking services 16% 40% - Television 32% 32% - Mobile phone 36% 39% - Computer with internet 0% 1% - Two-wheeler 6% 11% - Car / jeep / van 3% 4% - None of these assets 44% 25% - Own their home 86% 76% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of No.4 Gowala Pothar? ■ No.4 Gowala Pothar · ■ Sonari rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 35.3% 71.7% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 956 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 877 963 - Working population 37.1% 42.7% ### Women and men Literacy is 42.0% for men and 28.2% for women. 48% of men and 26% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 278 (88%) · ■ Marginal 36 (11%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Sonari - Nagahat Kachari 873 people - Medelajan No.1 870 people - Dhonekhona Grant 868 people - Na- Joboka 856 people - Lonpuria 842 people - Kanu Gaon No.2 827 people - Poita Khat 822 people - Bahalhabi Gaon 815 people All 226 villages in Sonari ## Quick answers - How far is No.4 Gowala Pothar from Sivasagar? 49 km by road - What is the population of No.4 Gowala Pothar? 848 (Census 2011) - Which district is No.4 Gowala Pothar in? Sivasagar district (Sonari sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of No.4 Gowala Pothar? 35.3% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sivasagar/sonari/no-4-gowala-pothar/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.