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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
Debeswar Doloi
Contact: 80****5833
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- LGD code
- 303483
- Pincode
- 782402
- Post office
- Sonapur
- Population
- 882
- Households
- 213
- Literacy rate
- 75.6%
- Sex ratio
- 696 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 331
Census 2011 · in context
How Barni compares
By population, Barni ranks #52 of 142 villages in Sonapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.6%
+9.2% vs mandal average
- Barni
- 75.6%
- Sonapur mandal
- 66.4%
- Kamrup Metro district
- 79.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
696
−278 vs mandal average
- Barni
- 696
- Sonapur mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Barni
- 4.1
- Sonapur mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barni at a glance
Barni is a village of 882 people in 213 households (Census 2011) in Sonapur block, Kamrup Metro district, Assam, the 52nd-largest of 142 villages in Sonapur block. Literacy is 76%, 9 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 696 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 782402, served by Sonapur post office; the LGD village code is 303483. The sarpanch is Debeswar Doloi , and the village votes in Hajo assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suman Haripriya. The population is estimated at 1,040 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kamarkuchi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barni · this village | 882 | 76% | — |
| Amerigog N.C. · Sonapur | 5,348 | 74% | — |
| Kamarkuchi · Sonapur | 1,725 | 77% | — |
| Tepechia · Sonapur | 1,570 | 75% | — |
| Kachia Gaon · Sonapur | 1,504 | 75% | — |
| Sarutari Gaon · Sonapur | 1,445 | 62% | — |
| Tamulikuchi Gaon · Sonapur | 1,413 | 74% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barni
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Guwahati (M Corp.)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NARTAP
- Total area (ha)
- 140.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barni
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barni
- LGD code
- 303483
- Pincode
- 782402
- Post office
- Sonapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 882
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,040
- Households
- 213
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 696
- Literacy rate
- 75.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gauhati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hajo
- Member of Parliament
- Bijuli Kalita Medhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Suman Haripriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Debeswar Doloi
- Block / Mandal
- Sonapur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 782402
- Barkhat GaonSonapur mandal2,908 pop
- Chamata PatharSonapur mandal2,842 pop
- DurungSonapur mandal2,471 pop
- Kamalajari GaonSonapur mandal2,344 pop
- Bejeni N.C.Sonapur mandal2,031 pop
- AmarapatharSonapur mandal1,941 pop
- KamarkuchiSonapur mandal1,725 pop
- Gaon DimoriaSonapur mandal1,616 pop
- TepechiaSonapur mandal1,570 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Barni
Looking for a different Barni? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Barni →
- BarniDhanarua · Patna, Bihar9,010 pop
- BarniHajo · Kamrup, Assam7,857 pop
- BarniCharpokhari · Bhojpur, Bihar1,894 pop
- BarniAntali · Bhilwara, Rajasthan1,409 pop
- BarniDomariyaganj · Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh862 pop
- BarniLambhua · Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh831 pop
- BarniShamgarh · Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh741 pop
- BarniKathua · Kathua, Jammu And Kashmir396 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Barni
Other villages in Sonapur mandal
View all 60+ →- Amerigog N.C.
- Amseng
- Helagog
- Topatoli Gaon
- Kachutali Pathar
- Barkhat Gaon
- Chamata Pathar
- Durung
- No.3 Ouzari
- Maloibari Jangle
- Kamalajari Gaon
- Bhogpur
- Kahikuchi
- Bejeni N.C.
- Dharbam
- Maloibari Gaon
- Amarapathar
- Kamarkuchi
- Bamunkhat
- Gaon Dimoria
- Ulubam
- Tepechia
- Bagibari Pathar
- Amseng N.C.
- Sonai Gaon
- Juboi
- Maloibari Pathar
- Kachia Gaon
- Uttar Dimoria
- No.1 Ouzari
- Sarutari Gaon
- Tamulikuchi Gaon
- Senabar
- Ghagua Gaon
- Dakhin Dimoria
- Pub-Maloibari
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)