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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SOM PRASAD SARHMA
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- LGD code
- 286957
- Pincode
- 784168
- Post office
- Gohpur
- Population
- 522
- Households
- 123
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1080 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 182
Census 2011 · in context
How Nepali Basti compares
By population, Nepali Basti ranks #107 of 224 villages in Helem mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
+15.4% vs mandal average
- Nepali Basti
- 70.9%
- Helem mandal
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,080
+100 vs mandal average
- Nepali Basti
- 1,080
- Helem mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Nepali Basti
- 4.2
- Helem mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nepali Basti at a glance
Nepali Basti is a village of 522 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Helem block, Biswanath district, Assam, the 107th-largest of 224 villages in Helem block. Literacy is 71%, 15 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,080 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 784168, served by Gohpur post office; the LGD village code is 286957. The sarpanch is SOM PRASAD SARHMA, and the village votes in Gohpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sri Utpal Borah. The population is estimated at 615 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Basti · this village | 522 | 71% | — |
| Gadharia Basti · Helem | 1,629 | 69% | — |
| Bebejia · Helem | 981 | 68% | — |
| Nepali Pathar · Helem | 708 | 71% | — |
| Barhati Guri · Helem | 689 | 75% | — |
| Gadharia Pathar · Helem | 661 | 68% | — |
| Dighali Pathar · Helem | 500 | 68% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nepali Basti
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Gohpur (TC)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 121
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 120.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nepali Basti
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nepali Basti
- LGD code
- 286957
- Pincode
- 784168
- Post office
- Gohpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 522
- Population (projected 2026)
- 615
- Households
- 123
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1080
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tezpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gohpur
- Member of Parliament
- Ranjit Dutta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sri Utpal Borah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SOM PRASAD SARHMA
- Block / Mandal
- Helem
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 784168
- No.2 Naya GhagraGohpur mandal2,602 pop
- Purup Bari T.E. W.L.A. 28Helem mandal1,922 pop
- Chengai GaonGohpur mandal1,693 pop
- Ghagora BastiGohpur mandal1,450 pop
- No.1 Naya GhagraGohpur mandal1,283 pop
- Ghagara WestGohpur mandal1,270 pop
- SatrangGohpur mandal1,242 pop
- Langdangpar GaonGohpur mandal1,201 pop
- Gohpur T.E. Grant 386Helem mandal1,183 pop
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Other villages named Nepali Basti
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Nepali Basti
Other villages in Helem mandal
View all 60+ →- Halem T.E. 270/442 Grant
- Brahmajan T.E.Grant 409/752(2)
- Dufflagarh T.E.Grant638/374(5)
- Brahmajan T.E.Grant 409/752(3)
- Purup Bari T.E. W.L.A. 28
- Kalany T.E.
- Kekurijan
- Chandamari Bangali
- Karibil Nepali
- Dufflagarh T.E.Grant638/374(2)
- Missa Mari
- Balijan Ban Gaon
- Gadharia Basti
- Jalukbari
- Uttar Kari Bil
- Amaguri
- Nirmala T.E 407/752 (2)
- Rangalial
- Dipara Pukhuri
- Noloni Bari
- Am-Tola
- Baranga Bari
- Hukajan
- Boroi P.K. No.2
- Amjarani
- Na-Daini Gaon
- Boroi T.E. 231/378 Grant (2)
- Amlokhi Dalani
- Na-Pamua
- Dathkola
- Kari Bil Bongali
- Gohpur T.E. Grant 386
- No.2 Bortamuli
- Brahmajan
- Bali Gaon
- Gohpur T.E. Grant 693
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)