Mandia
Mandia | |
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village | |
  Mandia Location in Assam  Mandia Mandia (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°15′12″N 90°57′10″E / 26.253356°N 90.952764°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Barpeta |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,231 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Mandia is one of the developed villages located in Barpeta district of Assam, India.[[1]] The latitude 26.253356 and longitude 90.952764 are the geocoordinates of Mandia. The village is surrounded nearby Satra Kanara, Bhatkuchi, Bamun Dongra, Sonapur Rubhi, Sitoli,Govindupur and Gajia. It is located 8 km towards the south from district headquarters Barpeta and headquarters of the Mandia Development Block .[[2]]. Bhelengi River flows through this village.
Demography
The village belongs to the Char Chapori area of Baghbor LAC and major portion of people are East Bengal rooted Muslim. The village has a population of 3231, of which 1630 are males, while 1601 are females as per Population Census 2011.[[3]] The village has a lower literacy rate compared to Assam or whole India. The literacy rate of the village was 69.05% compared to 72.19% of Assam in the 2011 census. The male literacy stands at 76.76% while the female literacy rate was 61.11%.[[4] There several house of Assamese Hindu family in Mandia and a namghar. Besides there are several Bengali Hindu family at Mandia village and also have a Durga Mandir and Kali Mandir. Both the community peoples living together.
Education
There 10+ lower primary schools are situated in Mandia. Mandia High School and Mandia Anchalik College are two major institutions of higher education. Presently two private school also established, one is Assamese Medium Mandia Jatiya Bidyala and One English medium school. One Model school establish by State government.
References
- ^ http://barpeta.nic.in/district%20at%20a%20glance.htm Barpeta District Official website
- ^ http://barpetazp.com/bdo.php Barpeta Zila Parishad
- ^ http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/282798-mandia-gaon-assam.html Mandia Gaon Population - Barpeta, Assam
- ^ http://wikiedit.org/India/Mandia/261255/ Mandia is a village panchayat located in the Barpeta district of Assam state, India