From Prayer to Potholes: How a Catholic Community Transformed a Village in Assam
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Kati Bihu (Kongali Bihu) falls on Sunday, 18 October 2026 across Nilambazar and the rest of Assam.
8 village centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a village to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM; the cross marks the mandal centroid. Not a survey map.
Nilambazar mandal is situated in Karimganj district, Assam, encompassing 180 revenue villages and 15 gram panchayats. The Census 2011 recorded a population of 242,451 with 47,637 households, a literacy rate of 61.2%, and a sex ratio of 967. As of the post-Census period, 66% of households had access to tap water under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Nilambazar mandal.
Click any village to open its page with people, posts, jobs, and services.
Answers are auto-built from the village's verified record. If something is wrong, residents can correct it after claiming the village.
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