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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HARRY PAULS FERNENDEZ
Contact: 60****0796
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- LGD code
- 282338
- Pincode
- 783125
- Post office
- Matia
- Population
- 2,469
- Households
- 532
- Literacy rate
- 77.9%
- Sex ratio
- 993 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,074
Census 2011 · in context
How Dahela compares
By population, Dahela ranks #26 of 153 villages in Matia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.9%
+25.3% vs mandal average
- Dahela
- 77.9%
- Matia mandal
- 52.6%
- Goalpara district
- 55.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
993
+32 vs mandal average
- Dahela
- 993
- Matia mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Dahela
- 4.6
- Matia mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dahela at a glance
Dahela is a village of 2,469 people in 532 households (Census 2011) in Matia block, Goalpara district, Assam, the 26th-largest of 153 villages in Matia block. Literacy is 78%, 25 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 993 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 783125, served by Matia post office; the LGD village code is 282338. The sarpanch is HARRY PAULS FERNENDEZ, and the village votes in Goalpara East assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam. The population is estimated at 2,911 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dahela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 2
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Goalpara (MB)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAJ JAKHALI GP
- Total area (ha)
- 932.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 177.8
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dahela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dahela
- LGD code
- 282338
- Pincode
- 783125
- Post office
- Matia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,469
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,911
- Households
- 532
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 993
- Literacy rate
- 77.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhubri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Goalpara East
- Member of Parliament
- Rakibul Hussain
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HARRY PAULS FERNENDEZ
- Block / Mandal
- Matia
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. S Rahman (13.9 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Amronga (16.6 km)
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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)