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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MONOWARA KHATUN
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- LGD code
- 282792
- Pincode
- 781321
- Post office
- Mayanbari
- Population
- 552
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 24.1%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 164
Census 2011 · in context
How Barhowara compares
By population, Barhowara ranks #88 of 100 villages in Kalgachia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
24.1%
−18.7% vs mandal average
- Barhowara
- 24.1%
- Kalgachia mandal
- 42.8%
- Barpeta district
- 53.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+42 vs mandal average
- Barhowara
- 978
- Kalgachia mandal
- 936
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Barhowara
- 6.1
- Kalgachia mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barhowara at a glance
Barhowara is a village of 552 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Kalgachia block, Barpeta district, Assam, the 88th-largest of 100 villages in Kalgachia block. Literacy is 24%, 19 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 781321, served by Mayanbari post office; the LGD village code is 282792. The sarpanch is MONOWARA KHATUN, and the village votes in Bilasipara East assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samsul Huda. The population is estimated at 651 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tarakandi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barhowara · this village | 552 | 24% | — |
| Tarakandi · Kalgachia | 2,715 | 33% | — |
| Hapachara Pathar · Kalgachia | 1,385 | 31% | — |
| Hatijuna · Kalgachia | 1,384 | 18% | — |
| Kayakuchi Gaon · Kalgachia | 1,315 | 28% | — |
| Purana Sikartari · Kalgachia | 847 | 39% | — |
| Sikartari Pathar · Kalgachia | 834 | 27% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barhowara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Goalpara (MB)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TARAKANDI
- Total area (ha)
- 241.23
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barhowara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barhowara
- LGD code
- 282792
- Pincode
- 781321
- Post office
- Mayanbari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 552
- Population (projected 2026)
- 651
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 24.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhubri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilasipara East
- Member of Parliament
- Rakibul Hussain
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Samsul Huda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MONOWARA KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Kalgachia
- Nearest PHC
- State Dispensary, Nayekgaon (3.2 km)
- Nearest post office
- Post Office, Kokrajhar (11.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (12.0 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Chapar (10.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 781321
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Barhowara
Other villages in Kalgachia mandal
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- Sawpur (Saalpur)
- Balai Pathar
- Gunialguri
- Tapeswara
- Digjani
- Balapathar
- Haldia Gaon
- Banghugi
- Rampur
- Barbhitha
- Titapani
- Dabandia
- Khelli
- Khar Balli
- Chikni
- Kandulia
- Bartari
- Khatatari
- Guileza
- Amguri
- Golia
- Khudrakuchi
- Tarakandi
- Chandmama Gaon
- Kismat Moinbari
- Aditpur
- Chariatpur
- Bilortari
- Hatchara
- Bhera
- Uprupi
- Joypur Gaon
- Langla
- Sawrachar Gaon(Sewrachera Gaon
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)