Bam Gaon
Balipara block · Sonitpur
district, Assam · PIN 784101
· village code 285924
Population 2011
1,250
Census of India
Population 2020
1,290
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.2%
40 people · 0.4% a year
Households
285
+3.3% vs 276 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,250
Male / female
659 / 591
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
143
Literacy rate
72.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
136 / 7
Working population
411
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
20.4%
Households
276
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
135
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
41 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
41 / 26 / 20
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balipara panchayat, Balipara 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
₹60.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.60 lakh
Received directly
₹28.16 lakh
Spent
₹56.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.50 lakh · received ₹7.04 lakh · spent ₹26.83 lakh · left ₹6.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.02 lakh · received ₹10.56 lakh · spent ₹29.73 lakh · left ₹42.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.8030, 92.8434 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
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population changes in Sonitpur district ·
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staffing across Sonitpur ·
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