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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
SIVA KR DOLEY
Contact: 86****3074
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- LGD code
- 289473
- Pincode
- 787061
- Post office
- Simen Chapori
- Population
- 164
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1050 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 103
Census 2011 · in context
How Somkong compares
By population, Somkong ranks #298 of 388 villages in Jonai mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+5.7% vs mandal average
- Somkong
- 56.7%
- Jonai mandal
- 51.0%
- Dhemaji district
- 61.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,050
+101 vs mandal average
- Somkong
- 1,050
- Jonai mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Somkong
- 6.6
- Jonai mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Somkong at a glance
Somkong is a village of 164 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Jonai block, Dhemaji district, Assam, the 298th-largest of 388 villages in Jonai block. Literacy is 57%, 6 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,050 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 787061, served by Simen Chapori post office; the LGD village code is 289473. The sarpanch is SIVA KR DOLEY, and the village votes in Lakhimpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manab Deka. The population is estimated at 193 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Somkong →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somkong · this village | 164 | 57% | — |
| Chenga Jan Koibortra · Jonai | 558 | 26% | — |
| Zaglung Boro · Jonai | 539 | 53% | — |
| No.2 Bali Gaon · Jonai | 401 | 47% | — |
| Namkir Pathar · Jonai | 371 | 57% | — |
| Bali Gaon · Jonai | 352 | 60% | — |
| Apsara · Jonai | 347 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Somkong
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Pasighat (NT)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 96
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JONAI
- Total area (ha)
- 76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Somkong
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Somkong
- LGD code
- 289473
- Pincode
- 787061
- Post office
- Simen Chapori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 164
- Population (projected 2026)
- 193
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1050
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Lakhimpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhimpur
- Member of Parliament
- Pradan Baruah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manab Deka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIVA KR DOLEY
- Block / Mandal
- Jonai
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 787061
- No.1 Simen ChaporiJonai mandal2,060 pop
- Mahmara PatharJonai mandal1,555 pop
- Telam NepaliJonai mandal1,518 pop
- Dipa Adi Namsi PatharSissibargaon mandal1,489 pop
- Ramsing Sitaram ChaporiJonai mandal1,259 pop
- Dekapam PensamJonai mandal1,189 pop
- HandiqueJonai mandal1,146 pop
- RoundJonai mandal1,050 pop
- Dheka MisingJonai mandal1,048 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Somkong
Other villages in Jonai mandal
View all 60+ →- Chandrapur
- No.2 Murkong Selek
- Mechaki Chapori
- No.1 Simen Chapori
- Missamara Annapur
- Santipur
- Amarpur
- No.1 Miri Tako
- Mahmara Pathar
- No.3 Ramdhan
- No.1 Ratanpur Padi
- Telam Nepali
- No.1 Udai Pur
- No.1 Murkong Selek
- No.1 Rayengkuli
- No.3 Murkong Selek (Part-I)
- Ramsing Sitaram Chapori
- Kobuchapori South
- Galimechaki
- Dekapam Pensam
- No.2 Rigbi
- Kobuchapori West
- Handique
- No.1 Sirampuria
- Ujani Bijoypur
- Gali Borbali
- Amlakhi Pait
- Rangpuria
- Dikhari
- Round
- Dheka Mising
- Purani Jelam
- Kherani
- Mahmara
- No.3 Rayeng Nepali
- No.3 Simen Chapori
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)