# Wakchikong Village, Dambo Rongjeng – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Dambo Rongjeng, East Garo Hills 

# Wakchikong

Wakchikong is a village in Dambo Rongjeng sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **427 people in 75 households**, the 31st largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 427people (2011)
- 75households
- 81.9%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Wakchikong PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Wakchikong is 793111.** Wakchikong falls in Dambo Rongjeng sub-district, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockDambo Rongjeng
- Census village code274909

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Wakchikong from nearby towns?

- Dambo Rongjeng (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)59 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)59 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Wakchikong?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Wakchikong; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Rongjeng
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Wakchikong

Of every 100 households in Wakchikong in 2011, 24 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wakchikong · ■ Dambo Rongjeng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**23%

Tap water ****8%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****12%**

**13%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**54%

Own their home ****95%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Wakchikong?

■ Wakchikong · ■ Dambo Rongjeng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**1014

Working population ****18.0%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 78.6% for women. 29% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 55 (71%) · **■** Other work 17 (22%) · **■** Marginal 5 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dambo Rongjeng

- Lower Nongbak Apal455 people
- Mangsang Bamil444 people
- Rongdu Dabit442 people
- Haslong Nagimaram431 people
- Chigisim Bisik424 people
- Milsanggitim421 people
- Gabil Gandual415 people
- Dambo Rongdeng411 people

[All 197 villages in Dambo Rongjeng](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-garo-hills/dambo-rongjeng/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Wakchikong?793111
- How far is Wakchikong from Williamnagar?59 km by road
- What is the population of Wakchikong?427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wakchikong in?East Garo Hills district (Dambo Rongjeng sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Wakchikong?81.9% (Census 2011)