Powa Saikia
Dhemaji block · Dhemaji
district, Assam · PIN 787058
· village code 288643
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 435 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,600 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
435
Male / female
224 / 211
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
51
Literacy rate
79.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
251
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.7%
Households
88
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
67
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 12 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Naruathan panchayat, Dhemaji 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
₹27.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.83 lakh
Received directly
₹11.30 lakh
Spent
₹30.25 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.39 lakh · received ₹5.53 lakh · spent ₹11.76 lakh · left ₹3.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.75 lakh · received ₹8.30 lakh · spent ₹18.48 lakh · left ₹18.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.3874, 94.4817 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dhemaji district ·
School
staffing across Dhemaji ·
…and across Assam