Dhowachala Gaon
Majuli block · Majuli
district, Assam · PIN 785110
· village code 293459
Population 2011
976
Census of India
Population 2020
1,274
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.5%
298 people · 3.0% a year
Households
262
+26.0% vs 208 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
976
Male / female
475 / 501
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,055
Children aged 0–6
129
Literacy rate
78.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
156 / 32
Working population
287
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.4%
Households
208
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
100
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 100 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bongaon panchayat, Majuli 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
₹45.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.00 lakh
Received directly
₹12.60 lakh
Spent
₹32.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.69 lakh · received ₹8.40 lakh · spent ₹15.64 lakh · left ₹11.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.47 lakh · received ₹12.60 lakh · spent ₹17.09 lakh · left ₹34.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.9573, 94.2807 —
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