Chirakhowa
Mankachar block · South Salmara Mancachar
district, Assam · PIN 783135
· village code 281726
Population 2011
3,751
Census of India
Population 2020
5,307
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.5%
1,556 people · 3.9% a year
Households
886
-9.7% vs 981 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,751
Male / female
1,930 / 1,821
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
944
Children aged 0–6
648
Literacy rate
41.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
36 / 0
Working population
1,997
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.8%
Households
981
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
700
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
642
Non-farm households
244
Share of households farming, 2020
72%
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bengervita panchayat, Mankachar zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹24.85 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.70 lakh
Received directly
₹8.82 lakh
Spent
₹16.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.00 lakh · received ₹5.88 lakh · spent ₹6.86 lakh · left ₹2.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.86 lakh · received ₹8.82 lakh · spent ₹9.24 lakh · left ₹30.25 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 89.9561 —
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Nearby villages
Char Bastir Char
compare · Charbari Pt.II
compare · Charia Gram
compare · Charibari Pt.I
compare · Chirakhowa Bengervita
compare · Chirakhowa Kutherghat
compare · Chirakhowa Maishghuma
compare · Chirakhowa Tetlibari
compare
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