# Megam Akong Village, Kharkutta, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Kharkutta, East Garo Hills 

# Megam Akong

Megam Akong is a village in Kharkutta sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **945 people in 182 households**, the 4th largest of 174 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 945people (2011)
- 182households
- 86.5%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Megam Akong PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockKharkutta
- Census village code275003

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

## How far is Megam Akong from nearby towns?

- Kharkutta (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)116 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)116 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 Megam Akong?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Megam Akong; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Lower Kharkutta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○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
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and covered wells
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Megam Akong

Of every 100 households in Megam Akong in 2011, 62 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Megam Akong · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**13%

Tap water ****5%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**24%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**100%

Use banking services ****33%**

**22%

Television ****34%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Megam Akong?

■ Megam Akong · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**947

Working population ****35.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 85.8% for women. 42% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 20 (6%) · **■** Other work 35 (10%) · **■** Marginal 271 (80%)

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

- Chotcholja1,462 people
- Wageasi1,099 people
- Mendima997 people
- Watregittim913 people
- Upper Bolmedang831 people
- Menadoba805 people
- Kharkutta Songgital789 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Megam Akong?793111
- How far is Megam Akong from Williamnagar?116 km by road
- What is the population of Megam Akong?945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Megam Akong in?East Garo Hills district (Kharkutta sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Megam Akong?86.5% (Census 2011)