# Sona Chiring Village, Resubelpara, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Resubelpara, East Garo Hills 

# Sona Chiring

Sona Chiring is a village in Resubelpara sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793118**. The 2011 Census counted **239 people in 46 households**, the 143rd largest of 326 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.5%.

- 239people (2011)
- 46households
- 96.3%literacy
- 793118PIN code

## Sona Chiring PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sona Chiring is 793118.** Sona Chiring falls in Resubelpara sub-district, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793118
- Community development blockResubelpara
- Census village code274511

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

## How far is Sona Chiring from nearby towns?

- Resubelpara (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)87 km by road
- Resubelpara (nearest town)18 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 Sona Chiring?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Sona Chiring; 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 school5–10 km · Lower Bajengdoba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 14 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 Sona Chiring

Of every 100 households in Sona Chiring in 2011, 78 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sona Chiring · ■ Resubelpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**49%

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

**86%

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

**13%

Tap water ****6%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****12%**

**21%

Television ****22%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**27%

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 Sona Chiring?

■ Sona Chiring · ■ Resubelpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.3%**

**74.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1174**

**974

Working population ****36.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 97.7% for women. 38% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (7%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 46 (53%) · **■** Marginal 3 (3%)

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 Resubelpara

- Bakenang Nalsa242 people
- Thapa Rongdeng241 people
- Bolsong Sembalgre240 people
- Upper Jampara240 people
- upper Rangagora239 people
- Akongapara237 people
- Bolsong Kelchidam237 people
- Chidoreng236 people

[All 337 villages in Resubelpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-garo-hills/resubelpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sona Chiring?793118
- How far is Sona Chiring from Williamnagar?87 km by road
- What is the population of Sona Chiring?239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sona Chiring in?East Garo Hills district (Resubelpara sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Sona Chiring?96.3% (Census 2011)