By population, Handique ranks #23 of 388 villages in Jonai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Handique is a village of 1,146 people in 239 households (Census 2011) in Jonai block, Dhemaji district, Assam, the 23rd-largest of 388 villages in Jonai block. Literacy is 74%, 23 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 787061, served by Simen Chapori post office; the LGD village code is 289245. The sarpanch is MR SAPON SAIKIA, and the village votes in Lakhimpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manab Deka. The population is estimated at 1,351 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handique · this village | 1,146 | 74% | — |
| No.1 Simen Chapori · Jonai | 2,060 | 65% | — |
| Rangpuria · Jonai | 1,063 | 65% | — |
| Kherani · Jonai | 1,018 | 66% | — |
| No.3 Simen Chapori · Jonai | 925 | 82% | — |
| Simen Chapori Tinikunia · Jonai | 903 | 41% | — |
| Baruah Bali · Jonai | 810 | 55% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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.
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