# Kentra Village, Kharkutta, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Kharkutta, East Garo Hills 

# Kentra

Kentra is a village in Kharkutta sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **140 people in 24 households**, the 145th largest of 174 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 140people (2011)
- 24households
- 83.1%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Kentra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kentra is 793111.** Kentra falls in Kharkutta sub-district, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockKharkutta
- Census village code274989

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

## How far is Kentra from nearby towns?

- Kharkutta (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)100 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)69 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 Kentra?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kentra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lower Kharkutta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Guwahati
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Kentra

Of every 100 households in Kentra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kentra · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**24%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****17%**

**22%

Television ****30%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kentra?

■ Kentra · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**947

Working population ****72.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 76.6% for women. 75% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (5%) · **■** Marginal 94 (93%)

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 Kharkutta

- Kentra Mapilsiram143 people
- Upper Tingabari143 people
- Dokongsi B141 people
- Kejugittim141 people
- Jajilgittim134 people
- Rongkinjeng132 people
- Imbeng Adap127 people
- Upper Kentra125 people

[All 188 villages in Kharkutta](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-garo-hills/kharkutta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kentra?793111
- How far is Kentra from Williamnagar?100 km by road
- What is the population of Kentra?140 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kentra in?East Garo Hills district (Kharkutta sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Kentra?83.1% (Census 2011)