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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANCHITA DAS
Contact: 91****0301
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- LGD code
- 299366
- Pincode
- 788015
- Post office
- Meherpur
- Population
- 1,214
- Households
- 271
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Sex ratio
- 900 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 630
Census 2011 · in context
How Old Bagbahar compares
By population, Old Bagbahar ranks #123 of 246 villages in Silchar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.3%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Old Bagbahar
- 67.3%
- Silchar mandal
- 65.6%
- Cachar district
- 67.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
900
−43 vs mandal average
- Old Bagbahar
- 900
- Silchar mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
- Old Bagbahar
- 4.5
- Silchar mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Old Bagbahar at a glance
Old Bagbahar is a village of 1,214 people in 271 households (Census 2011) in Silchar block, Cachar district, Assam, the 123rd-largest of 246 villages in Silchar block. Literacy is 67%, 2 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 788015, served by Meherpur post office; the LGD village code is 299366. The sarpanch is SANCHITA DAS, and the village votes in Algapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nijam Uddin Choudhury. The population is estimated at 1,431 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bagbahar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bagbahar · this village | 1,214 | 67% | — |
| Newbag Bahar F.V. · Silchar | 1,585 | 49% | — |
| Bag-O-Bahar Pt III · Silchar | 1,440 | 50% | — |
| Bag-O-Bahar Pt I · Silchar | 862 | 68% | — |
| Bag-O-Bahar Pt V · Silchar | 590 | 55% | — |
| Bag-O-Bahar Pt IV · Silchar | 589 | 37% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Old Bagbahar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Silchar (MB)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAGBAHAR G.P
- Total area (ha)
- 179.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Old Bagbahar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Old Bagbahar
- LGD code
- 299366
- Pincode
- 788015
- Post office
- Meherpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,214
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,431
- Households
- 271
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 900
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Karimganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Algapur
- Member of Parliament
- Kripanath Mallah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nijam Uddin Choudhury
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANCHITA DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Silchar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 788015
- Silcoorie GrantSilchar mandal19,637 pop
- Sildubi GrantSilchar mandal4,452 pop
- Choto Jalenga GrantSilchar mandal4,261 pop
- Dhalchara GrantSilchar mandal4,199 pop
- Rosekandi Grant Pt IISilchar mandal4,195 pop
- Tarutajabari Pt ISilchar mandal4,097 pop
- Bariknagar Pt IISilchar mandal4,041 pop
- Nuwagang F.V.Silchar mandal3,738 pop
- Borodudhpatil GrantSilchar mandal3,657 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Old Bagbahar
Other villages in Silchar mandal
View all 60+ →- Silcoorie Grant
- Borakhai Grant
- Dudhpatil Grant
- Dalu Grant
- Kathal Grant
- Srikona Grant
- Clever House T.E.
- Derby T.E.
- Uttar Krishnapur Pt II
- Sildubi Grant
- Berenga Pt II
- Tarapur Pt IV
- Hatichara Grant
- Choto Jalenga Grant
- Dhalchara Grant
- Rosekandi Grant Pt II
- Berenga Pt III
- Tarutajabari Pt I
- Bariknagar Pt II
- Nuwagang F.V.
- Borodudhpatil Grant
- Digorsrikona Pt II
- Choto Jalenga Pt II
- Srikona Pt II
- Kachipur Pt II
- Niz-Borkhola Pt I
- Srikona Pt I
- Duarbond Grant
- Alambag
- Berenga Pt IV
- Elanpur T.E.
- Chenglorie Grant
- Rongpur Pt IV
- Bor Jalenga Pt VII
- Masimpur Pt I (Maohimpur)
- Barsangan Grant
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)