Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
PepsiCo India inaugurates Rs 778 Crore foods manufacturing plant in Assam
Reported by AgroSpectrum India.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KH
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kamal hussain
Contact: 70****0341
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Balachari can update it.
- LGD code
- 282021
- Pincode
- 783129
- Post office
- Lakhipur (Goalpara)
- Population
- 783
- Households
- 158
- Literacy rate
- 76%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 280
Census 2011 · in context
How Balachari compares
By population, Balachari ranks #96 of 267 villages in Lakhipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.0%
+31.5% vs mandal average
- Balachari
- 76.0%
- Lakhipur mandal
- 44.5%
- Goalpara district
- 55.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+70 vs mandal average
- Balachari
- 1,023
- Lakhipur mandal
- 953
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Balachari
- 5.0
- Lakhipur mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balachari at a glance
Balachari is a village of 783 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Lakhipur block, Goalpara district, Assam, the 96th-largest of 267 villages in Lakhipur block. Literacy is 76%, 32 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 783129, served by Lakhipur (Goalpara) post office; the LGD village code is 282021. The sarpanch is kamal hussain, and the village votes in Mangaldoi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basanta Das. The population is estimated at 923 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Markula →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balachari · this village | 783 | 76% | — |
| Pandoba · Balijana | 2,361 | 48% | — |
| Depalchang · Lakhipur | 1,032 | 71% | — |
| Maladhara Pt-I · Lakhipur | 953 | 72% | — |
| Ketkibari · Balijana | 880 | 61% | — |
| Magho Pt-I · Lakhipur | 663 | 77% | — |
| Lemakona · Lakhipur | 571 | 56% | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balachari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Lakhipur (TC)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DADAN
- Total area (ha)
- 335.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 220.26
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balachari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balachari
- LGD code
- 282021
- Pincode
- 783129
- Post office
- Lakhipur (Goalpara)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 783
- Population (projected 2026)
- 923
- Households
- 158
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 76.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mangaldoi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mangaldoi
- Member of Parliament
- Dilip Saikia
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basanta Das
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kamal hussain
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhipur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 783129
- AolatoliLakhipur mandal12,193 pop
- Takimari ReserveLakhipur mandal6,185 pop
- JaybhumLakhipur mandal4,775 pop
- KharuvasLakhipur mandal4,411 pop
- AmbariBalijana mandal4,108 pop
- Khurshapakhiri Pt-IiLakhipur mandal3,798 pop
- DhobakuraLakhipur mandal3,694 pop
- DarirparBalijana mandal3,653 pop
- FaringaparaLakhipur mandal3,413 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balachari
Other villages in Lakhipur mandal
View all 60+ →- Aolatoli
- Tarangapur
- Takimari Reserve
- Morichbari Reserve
- Simlabari
- Katarihara
- Jaybhum
- Kharuvas
- Salbari Pt-I
- Khurshapakhiri Pt-Ii
- Kathuri
- Dhobakura
- Silapani
- Faringapara
- Gosaidubi Hindupara
- Saktola
- Kaltapur
- Gumaijhar
- Jurigaon
- Lejam
- Chilarvita
- Damribhasa
- Dhamar Reserve
- Manaspara Reserve
- Khalisavita Muslimpara
- Bhimkhaj
- Garojan
- Rakhalkillah
- Rajmitapantai
- Dharai
- Bannyguri
- Superivita
- Bapurvita Pt-Ii
- Bherveri
- Bapurvita Pt-Iii
- Charaghar
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)