Elgin Grant observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
By population, Elgin Grant ranks #203 of 246 villages in Silchar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Elgin Grant is a village of 516 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Silchar block, Cachar district, Assam, the 203rd-largest of 246 villages in Silchar block. Literacy is 41%, 25 points below the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 788015, served by Meherpur post office; the LGD village code is 299255. The sarpanch is ANURADHA DAS, and the village votes in Algapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nijam Uddin Choudhury. The population is estimated at 608 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhajantipur →
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 Silchar mandal
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