Gelapukhuri (in short GP) is a famous place of Biswanath Chariali. It is a medium-sized village located 10 km from Biswanath Chariali City of Biswanath district , Assam with total 183 families residing. The Gelapukhuri village has population of 872 of which 458 are males while 414 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Gelapukhuri majority of people are Gorkhas (Nepalis) along with Assamese, Bodo, Adibasi etc.
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Map of Gelapukhuri, Assam
In Gelapukhuri village the population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 15.14% of the total population of the village. Average Sex Ratio of Gelapukhuri village is 904 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Gelapukhuri as per census is 671, lower than Assam average of 962.
Gelapukhuri village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, the literacy rate of Gelapukhuri village was 62.57% compared to 72.19% of Assam In Gelapukhuri Male literacy stands at 70.45% while female literacy rate was 54.29%.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gelapukhuri village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is the elected representative of the village.
Communication of Gelapukhuri is quite good. School buses, autos, public buses are available from here to Biswanath Chariali and to Tezpur as well. Train communication is good, although there are not any stations inside the Village, but Biswanath Chariali railway station is just 4 km from Gelapukhuri. This is the place where late Com. Dharni Rijal was born in this village.Few youths are in out of country and in different activities making the village peoplevillage who was a martyr and died by NDFB.Gelapukhuri village is a rapidly developing village.It has a great youth power with youth boys and girls excelling in various activities in Education as well as Sports, Culture and all the extra curricular activities. Recently in 2016 the youth boys of Gelapukhuri has created a Volleyball club naming Gelapukhuri Youth Volleyball Club abbreviating as GYVC.