No Bridge Over River, Assam School Children Still Depend On Boats
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Garugaon No.1 observes Kati Bihu (Kongali Bihu) on Sunday, 18 October 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
The principal temple recorded for Bongaigaon (Pt) mandal is Hajo Dargah. No temple of this dedication is on record within Garugaon No.1 itself.
By population, Garugaon No.1 ranks #48 of 110 villages in Bongaigaon (Pt) mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garugaon No.1 is a village of 944 people in 194 households (Census 2011) in Bongaigaon (Pt) block, Bongaigaon district, Assam, the 48th-largest of 110 villages in Bongaigaon (Pt) block. Literacy is 49%, 14 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 783394, served by Bengtal post office; the LGD village code is 301688. The sarpanch is Jasmina Khatun, and the village votes in Hajo assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suman Haripriya. The population is estimated at 1,113 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hapachara →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garugaon No.1 · this village | 944 | 49% | — |
| Garugaon No.2 · Bongaigaon (Pt) | 4,034 | 39% | — |
| Jaraguri No.2 · Manikpur | 3,812 | 47% | — |
| Hapachora · Bongaigaon (Pt) | 2,084 | 64% | — |
| Nachankuri No.3 · Manikpur | 1,637 | 41% | — |
| Garugaon No.3 · Manikpur | 558 | 31% | — |
| Jaraguri No.3 · Manikpur | 509 | 43% | — |
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.
Centred on Bongaigaon (Pt) mandal
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