Howaithang observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
By population, Howaithang ranks #19 of 221 villages in Sonai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Howaithang is a village of 3,402 people in 679 households (Census 2011) in Sonai block, Cachar district, Assam, the 19th-largest of 221 villages in Sonai block. Literacy is 65%, 2 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 788120, served by Bhaga Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 299645. The sarpanch is Sahela Parbin, and the village votes in Haflong assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nandita Gorlosa. The population is estimated at 4,011 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhagabazar →
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 Sonai mandal
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