# Barkura Village, Biswanath, Sonitpur (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Biswanath, Sonitpur 

# Barkura

Barkura is a village in Biswanath sub-district of Sonitpur district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,010 people in 226 households**, the 122nd largest of 352 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,010people (2011)
- 226households
- 72.3%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Barkura PIN code and other codes

Barkura falls in Biswanath sub-district, Sonitpur district, Assam.

- Community development blockSakomatha
- Census village code286631

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

## How far is Barkura from nearby towns?

- Tezpur (district HQ)75 km by road
- Biswanath Chariali (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 Barkura?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Barkura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 school5–10 km · Biswanath
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Biswanath
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tezpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 9 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 Barkura known for?

The main crops are **paddy and tea**. About 100% of the 298 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 Barkura

Of every 100 households in Barkura in 2011, 22 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Barkura · ■ Biswanath rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**48%

Tap water ****18%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****28%**

**31%

Television ****22%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**20%

Own their home ****81%**

**83%

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 Barkura?

■ Barkura · ■ Biswanath rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**58.6%

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

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**969

Working population ****49.7%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 65.5% for women. 58% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (32%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 222 (44%) · **■** Marginal 86 (17%)

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 Biswanath

- Nil Bari1,026 people
- No.2 Batiamari1,022 people
- Pabhoi1,012 people
- Pabhoi T.E. 407/7481,012 people
- No.3 Barpathar985 people
- Mijikajan T.E. 180/309983 people
- Gang Dalani980 people
- Missamari976 people

[All 378 villages in Biswanath](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sonitpur/biswanath/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barkura from Tezpur?75 km by road
- What is the population of Barkura?1,010 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkura in?Sonitpur district (Biswanath sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Barkura?72.3% (Census 2011)