Village · Helem, Sonitpur
# Chara Bandha

Chara Bandha is a village in Helem sub-district of Sonitpur district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 62 people in 9 households, the 198th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.
- 62 people (2011)
- 9 households
- 55.8% literacy
- 722 females per 1,000 males

## Chara Bandha PIN code and other codes

Chara Bandha falls in Helem sub-district, Sonitpur district, Assam.
- Community development block Chaiduar
- Census village code 287080

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

## How far is Chara Bandha from nearby towns?
- Tezpur (district HQ) 132 km by road
- Gohpur (nearest town) 20 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Chara Bandha?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Chara Bandha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Chara Bandha

Of every 100 households in Chara Bandha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chara Bandha · ■ Helem rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 30%
- Toilet within the home 0% 58%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 41%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 11% 43%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 10%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 89%
- Use banking services 0% 37%
- Television 0% 21%
- Mobile phone 0% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 0% 18%
- Own their home 100% 86%

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

## What is the population of Chara Bandha?

■ Chara Bandha · ■ Helem rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.8% 64.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 722 979
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 951
- Working population 59.7% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.1% for men and 52.4% for women. 61% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 9 (24%) · ■ Marginal 28 (76%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Helem
- No.2 Angra Bari 88 people
- Bholaguri Magoni 78 people
- No.1 Toltoli 73 people
- Aribhanga Bori 71 people
- Lohitmukh 59 people
- Balijan Chapari 58 people
- Dufflagarh T.E.Grant319/505 45 people
- Gonai Tapu 31 people

All 223 villages in Helem

## Quick answers
- How far is Chara Bandha from Tezpur? 132 km by road
- What is the population of Chara Bandha? 62 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chara Bandha in? Sonitpur district (Helem sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Chara Bandha? 55.8% (Census 2011)

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