# Bekijan Village, Helem, Sonitpur (Assam) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Helem, Sonitpur 

# Bekijan

Bekijan is a village in Helem sub-district of Sonitpur district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **403 people in 94 households**, the 140th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 403people (2011)
- 94households
- 85.1%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Bekijan PIN code and other codes

Bekijan falls in Helem sub-district, Sonitpur district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatBakoridoloni Gp
- Community development blockChaiduar
- Census village code287050

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

## How far is Bekijan from nearby towns?

- Tezpur (district HQ)125 km by road
- Gohpur (nearest town)14 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 Bekijan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bekijan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Barangabari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gohpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tezpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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.

## Homes and amenities in Bekijan

Of every 100 households in Bekijan in 2011, 50 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bekijan · ■ Helem rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**41%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**89%

Use banking services ****54%**

**37%

Television ****40%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**86%

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 Bekijan?

■ Bekijan · ■ Helem rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**951

Working population ****32.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 82.0% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (11%) · **■** Other work 50 (38%) · **■** Marginal 19 (15%)

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 Helem

- Boroi T.E. Grant 319/505418 people
- Purani Geraj Kochari413 people
- Chandamari Pathar411 people
- Teton Pukhuri405 people
- Santi Pur398 people
- Chengeli Jan388 people
- Dufflagarh Grant 281/492381 people
- Balijan N.C.340 people

[All 223 villages in Helem](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/sonitpur/helem/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bekijan from Tezpur?125 km by road
- What is the population of Bekijan?403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bekijan in?Sonitpur district (Helem sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Bekijan?85.1% (Census 2011)