Chowkham

Dhemaji block · Dhemaji district, Assam · PIN 787057 · village code 288795

Population 2011

868

Census of India

Population 2020

950

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+9.4%

82 people · 1.0% a year

Households

325

+66.7% vs 195 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

868

Male / female

435 / 433

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

995

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

78.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

424

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

75.0%

Households

195

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water nearest 2 km away

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

280

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

86%

Net sown area

5 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 5 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gohaingaon panchayat, Machkhowa 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

₹41.93 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.55 lakh

Received directly

₹29.13 lakh

Spent

₹28.24 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹62.37 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.62 lakh · received ₹7.82 lakh · spent ₹15.36 lakh · left ₹15.48 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹36.31 lakh · received ₹11.73 lakh · spent ₹12.88 lakh · left ₹46.89 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.4595, 94.5637 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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