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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
CHITRA TANTI
Contact: 99****1281
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- LGD code
- 294245
- Pincode
- 785615
- Post office
- Numaligarh
- Population
- 4,054
- Households
- 852
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1037 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,026
Census 2011 · in context
How Behora compares
By population, Behora ranks #5 of 115 villages in Bokakhat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.2%
−10.9% vs mandal average
- Behora
- 48.2%
- Bokakhat mandal
- 59.1%
- Golaghat district
- 67.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,037
+72 vs mandal average
- Behora
- 1,037
- Bokakhat mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Behora
- 4.8
- Bokakhat mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Behora at a glance
Behora is a village of 4,054 people in 852 households (Census 2011) in Bokakhat block, Golaghat district, Assam, the 5th-largest of 115 villages in Bokakhat block. Literacy is 48%, 11 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 785615, served by Numaligarh post office; the LGD village code is 294245. The sarpanch is CHITRA TANTI, and the village votes in Bokakhat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Atul Bora. The population is estimated at 4,780 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Behora →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behora · this village | 4,054 | 48% | — |
| Numaligarh Bagicha · Bokakhat | 5,140 | 52% | — |
| Mikirchang Bagicha · Bokakhat | 1,452 | 53% | — |
| Numoligarh N.C. · Bokakhat | 318 | 53% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Behora
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Bokakhat (TC)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BEHORA
- Total area (ha)
- 484.64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Behora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Behora
- LGD code
- 294245
- Pincode
- 785615
- Post office
- Numaligarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,054
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,780
- Households
- 852
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1037
- Literacy rate
- 48.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kaliabor
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bokakhat
- Member of Parliament
- Kamakhya Prasad Tasa
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Atul Bora
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHITRA TANTI
- Block / Mandal
- Bokakhat
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 785615
- Barchapari BagichaBokakhat mandal5,793 pop
- Numaligarh BagichaBokakhat mandal5,140 pop
- Kuruabahi SatraBokakhat mandal3,641 pop
- KalakhowaBokakhat mandal3,319 pop
- BahikhowaBokakhat mandal3,140 pop
- NikariBokakhat mandal2,827 pop
- BonqualBokakhat mandal2,758 pop
- BordihingiaBokakhat mandal2,049 pop
- Kuruabahi GaonBokakhat mandal1,788 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Behora
Other villages in Bokakhat mandal
View all 60+ →- Barchapari Bagicha
- Numaligarh Bagicha
- Hatikhuli T.E.
- Goria Gaon
- Balijan
- Kuruabahi Satra
- Kalakhowa
- Bahikhowa
- Diffloo Pathar
- Naharzan Grant
- Nikari
- Bonqual
- Rongagora
- Ikorajan Bagicha
- Rongagora Grant
- Diffloo Grant
- Bordihingia
- Garaimari
- Garahmurh
- Rajabari
- Panbari N.C.
- No.1 Kohora
- Kuruabahi Gaon
- Ahom Gaon
- Latabari
- Methoni T.E.
- Da-Gaon
- Khotiakhuli
- Dhansiri Temera
- Geleki Mikir
- Parghat
- Kandhulimari
- Dhodang
- Affala Gaon
- Rowdawar Pathar
- Nepalikhuti
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)