From Prayer to Potholes: How a Catholic Community Transformed a Village in Assam
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Sarbhog observes Kati Bihu (Kongali Bihu) on Sunday, 18 October 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
Sarbhog is a village in Barnagar (Part) mandal, Barpeta district, Assam, with a population of 876 across 179 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.4% and is served by a railway station.
By population, Sarbhog ranks #74 of 95 villages in Barnagar (Pt) mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarbhog is a village of 876 people in 179 households (Census 2011) in Barnagar (Pt) block, Barpeta district, Assam, the 74th-largest of 95 villages in Barnagar (Pt) block. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Barpeta district centre, 43 km from Tupamari, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sorbhog railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 781317, served by Sorbhog post office; the LGD village code is 282638. The nearest hospital or health centre is State Dispensary, Jhawbari, 8 km away. The village votes in Patacharkuchi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ranjeet Kumar Dass. The population is estimated at 1,033 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nichuka →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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