Village · Dhekiajuli, Sonitpur
# No.6 Jurukhri

No.6 Jurukhri is a village in Dhekiajuli sub-district of Sonitpur district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 624 people in 124 households, the 233rd largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.6%.
- 624 people (2011)
- 124 households
- 50.9% literacy
- 874 females per 1,000 males

## No.6 Jurukhri PIN code and other codes

No.6 Jurukhri falls in Dhekiajuli sub-district, Sonitpur district, Assam.
- Gram panchayat No 6 Jurukhri
- Community development block Dhekiajuli
- Census village code 285532

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is No.6 Jurukhri from nearby towns?
- Dhekiajuli (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Tezpur (district HQ) 55 km by road
- Dhekiajuli (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in No.6 Jurukhri?

8 services counted by the Census are inside No.6 Jurukhri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Dhekiajuli
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Dhekiajuli
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Tezpur
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station under 5 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 99 h summer · 99 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is No.6 Jurukhri known for?

The main crops are paddy.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in No.6 Jurukhri

Of every 100 households in No.6 Jurukhri in 2011, 18 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ No.6 Jurukhri · ■ Dhekiajuli rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 20%
- Toilet within the home 5% 47%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 51%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 47% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 93%
- Use banking services 6% 35%
- Television 6% 18%
- Mobile phone 14% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 39% 18%
- Own their home 100% 88%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of No.6 Jurukhri?

■ No.6 Jurukhri · ■ Dhekiajuli rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 50.9% 61.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 874 947
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 970
- Working population 29.6% 39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 38.7% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 122 (66%) · ■ Farm labourers 36 (19%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 8 (4%) · ■ Marginal 18 (10%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dhekiajuli
- Dumduma Gaon 642 people
- Mazbat Gaon 637 people
- Goor Basti Gaon 631 people
- Maduribil Pathar 629 people
- Sati Pukhuri Gaon 621 people
- Barbil Pathar Gaon 619 people
- Silikha Bari Gaon 617 people
- Majroumari Kachari Gaon 612 people

All 385 villages in Dhekiajuli

## Quick answers
- How far is No.6 Jurukhri from Tezpur? 55 km by road
- What is the population of No.6 Jurukhri? 624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is No.6 Jurukhri in? Sonitpur district (Dhekiajuli sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of No.6 Jurukhri? 50.9% (Census 2011)

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