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

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Village · Kharkutta, East Garo Hills 

# Upper Kentra

Upper Kentra is a village in Kharkutta sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **125 people in 22 households**, the 149th largest of 174 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 125people (2011)
- 22households
- 89.5%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Upper Kentra PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockKharkutta
- Census village code274990

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

## How far is Upper Kentra from nearby towns?

- Kharkutta (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)108 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 Upper Kentra?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chilpara
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lower Kharkutta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes
- 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 Upper Kentra

Of every 100 households in Upper Kentra in 2011, 48 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upper Kentra · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**24%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****35%**

**22%

Television ****39%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Upper Kentra?

■ Upper Kentra · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**947

Working population ****60.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 86.3% for women. 62% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 5 (7%) · **■** Marginal 71 (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

- Kentra140 people
- Jajilgittim134 people
- Rongkinjeng132 people
- Imbeng Adap127 people
- Kasumari124 people
- Illagittim Rongchim122 people
- Wakguram122 people
- Wakuram119 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Upper Kentra?793111
- How far is Upper Kentra from Williamnagar?108 km by road
- What is the population of Upper Kentra?125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upper Kentra in?East Garo Hills district (Kharkutta sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Upper Kentra?89.5% (Census 2011)