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By population, Darogar Alga ranks #71 of 153 villages in Matia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Darogar Alga is a village of 1,313 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Matia block, Goalpara district, Assam, the 71st-largest of 153 villages in Matia block. Literacy is 22%, 31 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 783101, served by Goalpara post office; the LGD village code is 282280. The sarpanch is Abdul Hakim, and the village votes in Goalpara East assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam. The population is estimated at 1,548 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darogar Alga · this village | 1,313 | 22% | — |
| Dubapara Lupta Char · Matia | 3,021 | 36% | — |
| Paharsing Para · Matia | 2,644 | 51% | — |
| Dekdhowa · Matia | 2,642 | 40% | — |
| Tinkoniapara · Matia | 2,635 | 49% | — |
| Dakaidal · Matia | 2,121 | 56% | — |
| Ujirer Char (Ujirer Char & Dobapa) · Matia | 1,953 | 27% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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