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By population, Raipur ranks #217 of 425 villages in Sarupathar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raipur is a village of 328 people in 68 households (Census 2011) in Sarupathar block, Golaghat district, Assam, the 217th-largest of 425 villages in Sarupathar block. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,050 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 785601, served by Sarupathar post office; the LGD village code is 295076. The sarpanch is Anil Rabha, and the village votes in Biswanath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Promod Borthakur. The population is estimated at 387 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Madhyampur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raipur · this village | 328 | 66% | — |
| Chaluk Pathar No.3 · Sarupathar | 1,255 | 49% | — |
| Rajapukhuri No.3 · Sarupathar | 1,086 | 46% | — |
| Nayanjan Gaon · Sarupathar | 776 | 65% | — |
| Dhupguri · Sarupathar | 704 | 59% | — |
| Pukhuri Para · Sarupathar | 626 | 74% | — |
| Santipur · Sarupathar | 561 | 54% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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