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

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Village · Kharkutta, East Garo Hills 

# Wageasi

Wageasi is a village in Kharkutta sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794110**. The 2011 Census counted **1,099 people in 203 households**, the 2nd largest of 174 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 1,099people (2011)
- 203households
- 77.3%literacy
- 794110PIN code

## Wageasi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Wageasi is 794110.** Wageasi falls in Kharkutta sub-district, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794110
- Community development blockKharkutta
- Census village code274951

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

## How far is Wageasi from nearby towns?

- Kharkutta (sub-district HQ)42 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)109 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)68 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 Wageasi?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Wageasi; 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bangsi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mendipathar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ 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)15 h summer · 18 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 Wageasi

Of every 100 households in Wageasi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wageasi · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**34%

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

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**13%

Tap water ****37%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****18%**

**22%

Television ****25%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Wageasi?

■ Wageasi · ■ Kharkutta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**947

Working population ****29.7%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 76.6% for women. 39% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 124 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (16%) · **■** Other work 87 (27%) · **■** Marginal 63 (19%)

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
- Mendima997 people
- Megam Akong945 people
- Watregittim913 people
- Upper Bolmedang831 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Wageasi?794110
- How far is Wageasi from Williamnagar?109 km by road
- What is the population of Wageasi?1,099 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wageasi in?East Garo Hills district (Kharkutta sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Wageasi?77.3% (Census 2011)