# Alu Para Village, Gohpur, Sonitpur (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Gohpur, Sonitpur 

# Alu Para

Alu Para is a village in Gohpur sub-district of Sonitpur district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **594 people in 126 households**, the 71st largest of 230 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%.

- 594people (2011)
- 126households
- 69.0%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Alu Para PIN code and other codes

Alu Para falls in Gohpur sub-district, Sonitpur district, Assam.

- Community development blockPub-Chaiduar
- Census village code287301

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

## How far is Alu Para from nearby towns?

- Tezpur (district HQ)200 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 Alu Para?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Alu Para; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Doimalu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gohpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Biswanath
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)21 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 Alu Para known for?

The main crops are **paddy and tea**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Alu Para

Of every 100 households in Alu Para in 2011, 3 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alu Para · ■ Gohpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**45%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****19%**

**36%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Alu Para?

■ Alu Para · ■ Gohpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**74.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**982

Working population ****55.6%**

**49.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 56.5% for women. 57% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 200 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (12%) · **■** Marginal 89 (27%)

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 Gohpur

- Kakila Guri643 people
- Kharai Pam639 people
- Bardop615 people
- Balabari613 people
- Sonapur592 people
- Dubia Bori588 people
- Bali Gaon583 people
- Jagara Dalani566 people

[All 231 villages in Gohpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sonitpur/gohpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Alu Para from Tezpur?200 km by road
- What is the population of Alu Para?594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alu Para in?Sonitpur district (Gohpur sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Alu Para?69.0% (Census 2011)