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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Zion is a village in Haflong mandal, Dima Hasao district, Assam, with a population of 421 across 85 households and a literacy rate of 79.3%. The village has multiple shops (15), temples (13), banks (8), churches (6), and ATMs (3).
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- LGD code
- 298569
- Pincode
- 788820
- Post office
- Haflong Ptc
- Population
- 421
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 79.3%
- Sex ratio
- 905 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 127
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Dispur (Guwahati)
- 165 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 555 km
- Nearest railway station
- New Haflong · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Haflong Civil Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Zion compares
By population, Zion ranks #81 of 695 villages in Haflong mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.3%
+19.9% vs mandal average
- Zion
- 79.3%
- Haflong mandal
- 59.4%
- Dima Hasao district
- 65.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−43 vs mandal average
- Zion
- 905
- Haflong mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Zion
- 5.0
- Haflong mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Zion at a glance
Zion is a village of 421 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Haflong block, Dima Hasao district, Assam, the 81st-largest of 695 villages in Haflong block. Literacy is 79%, 20 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Dima Hasao district centre, 6 km from New Haflong railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 788820, served by Haflong Ptc post office; the LGD village code is 298569. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Haflong assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nandita Gorlosa. The population is estimated at 496 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Zion
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Haflong (TC)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Zion
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Key facts — Zion
- LGD code
- 298569
- Pincode
- 788820
- Post office
- Haflong Ptc
- Population (Census 2011)
- 421
- Population (projected 2026)
- 496
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 905
- Literacy rate
- 79.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.19792°N, 93.00180°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Autonomous District
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haflong
- Member of Parliament
- Amarsing Tisso
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nandita Gorlosa
- Block / Mandal
- Haflong
- Nearest police station
- Sarkari Bhagan Police OutPost (2.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- Langpi Dehangi (2.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Zion
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dispur (Guwahati)165 kmcapital
- Kolkata555 km
- Delhi1610 km
- Hyderabad1735 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNew Haflong6 km
- Hospital / PHCHaflong Civil Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankSBI2 km
- Petrol pumpAssam Oil2 km
- CollegeHaflong Govt. College3 km
- Police stationSarkari Bhagan Police OutPost2 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Haflong Civil Hospital2.0 km
- Bank / ATM
- SBI2.0 km
- Petrol pump
- Assam Oil2.0 km
- Market
- Sarkari Bagan Market2.0 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Zion
6 Temples, 2 Churchs mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Zion
6 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)