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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Azara is a village in Kamalpur mandal, Kamrup district, Assam, with a population of 927 across 231 households and a literacy rate of 83.2%. The village has multiple shops and restaurants, four fuel pumps, two ATMs, and two primary health centres.
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- LGD code
- 302463
- Pincode
- 781382
- Post office
- Soneswar
- Population
- 927
- Households
- 231
- Literacy rate
- 83.2%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 534
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Dispur (Guwahati)
- 12 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 514 km
- Nearest railway station
- Azara · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Azara 30 Bedded Rural Hospital(F.R.U) · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Azara compares
By population, Azara ranks #80 of 116 villages in Kamalpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.2%
+2.9% vs mandal average
- Azara
- 83.2%
- Kamalpur mandal
- 80.3%
- Kamrup district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
+5 vs mandal average
- Azara
- 915
- Kamalpur mandal
- 910
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Azara
- 4.0
- Kamalpur mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Azara at a glance
Azara is a village of 927 people in 231 households (Census 2011) in Kamalpur block, Kamrup district, Assam, the 80th-largest of 116 villages in Kamalpur block. Literacy is 83%, 3 points above the block average of 80% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Kamrup district centre, 53 km from Tupamari, the nearest town, 2 km from Azara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 781382, served by Soneswar post office; the LGD village code is 302463. The nearest hospital or health centre is Azara 30 Bedded Rural Hospital(F.R.U), <1 km away. The village votes in Sipajhar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Paramananda Rajbongshi. The population is estimated at 1,093 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Azara
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Rangia (MB)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KAMALPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 173.61
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Azara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Azara
- LGD code
- 302463
- Pincode
- 781382
- Post office
- Soneswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 927
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,093
- Households
- 231
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 83.2%
- Coordinates
- 26.12111°N, 91.61643°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mangaldoi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sipajhar
- Member of Parliament
- Dilip Saikia
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Paramananda Rajbongshi
- Block / Mandal
- Kamalpur
- Nearest PHC
- I Care Diagnostic (2.2 km)
- Nearest bank
- sbi (1.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Azara (2.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Azara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dispur (Guwahati)12 kmcapital
- Kolkata514 km
- Delhi1448 km
- Hyderabad1666 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAzara2 km
- Bus stopJalukbari7 km
- Hospital / PHCAzara 30 Bedded Rural Hospital(F.R.U)<1 km
- ATM / banksbi2 km
- Petrol pumpBP2 km
- CollegeAssam Don Bosco University<1 km
- Police stationFancy bazaar police out post14 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Azara2.1 km
- Health centre
- Azara 30 Bedded Rural Hospital(F.R.U)under 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- sbi1.8 km
- Petrol pump
- BP2.0 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Azara
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Koliya Krishna MandirTemple1.6 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Azara
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)