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By population, Saruchalitar Purbo ranks #166 of 206 villages in Patharkandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saruchalitar Purbo is a village of 362 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Patharkandi block, Karimganj district, Assam, the 166th-largest of 206 villages in Patharkandi block. Literacy is 74%, 13 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 788726, served by Hatikhira post office; the LGD village code is 300543. The sarpanch is Moniraj Kurmi. The population is estimated at 427 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baithakhal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saruchalitar Purbo · this village | 362 | 74% | — |
| Baithakhal T.E. · Patharkandi | 2,755 | 53% | — |
| Duhaliahill Kitte Madhurbond · Patharkandi | 2,114 | 38% | — |
| Maligaon · Patharkandi | 2,030 | 56% | — |
| Bhurunga Cherragaon · Patharkandi | 532 | 40% | — |
| Saruchalita · Patharkandi | 408 | 71% | — |
| Dakshin Balaigaon · Patharkandi | 52 | 4% | — |
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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