Village · Margherita, Tinsukia
# Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313

Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 is a village in Margherita sub-district of Tinsukia district, Assam, PIN code 786179. The 2011 Census counted 2,790 people in 560 households, the 19th largest of 314 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.
- 2,790 people (2011)
- 560 households
- 45.3% literacy
- 786179 PIN code

## Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 is 786179. Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 falls in Margherita sub-district, Tinsukia district, Assam.
- PIN code 786179
- Gram panchayat Brahmajan
- Community development block Margherita
- Census village code 290836

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

## How far is Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 from nearby towns?
- Margherita (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road
- Tinsukia (district HQ) 60 km by road
- Digboi (nearest town) 17 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 2 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Digboi
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Digboi
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Tinsukia
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 18 h summer · 21 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 known for?

The main crops are rice. About 94% of the 534 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313

Of every 100 households in Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 in 2011, 12 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 · ■ Margherita rural average
- Electricity for lighting 12% 58%
- Toilet within the home 95% 78%
- No toilet (open defecation) 4% 20%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 34% 56%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 14%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 83%
- Use banking services 57% 42%
- Television 20% 37%
- Mobile phone 11% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 4% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 4%
- None of these assets 30% 20%
- Own their home 30% 72%

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

## What is the population of Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313?

■ Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 · ■ Margherita rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.3% 67.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 947 956
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1018 969
- Working population 49.1% 43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.6% for men and 35.3% for women. 53% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 39 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 17 (1%) · ■ Other work 1,271 (93%) · ■ Marginal 43 (3%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Margherita
- Borbil Gaon No.3 3,177 people
- Jagun 3,139 people
- Rampur No.3 3,021 people
- Borgolai Gaon No.1 2,960 people
- Brahmajan 2,698 people
- Tokopathar No.1 2,632 people
- Mahong Gaon No.2 2,625 people
- Makum Pathar No.1 2,542 people

All 314 villages in Margherita

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313? 786179
- How far is Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 from Tinsukia? 60 km by road
- What is the population of Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313? 2,790 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313 in? Tinsukia district (Margherita sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Pengerigarh Grant No.8/313? 45.3% (Census 2011)

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