# Bansam Awe Village, Samanda, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Samanda, East Garo Hills 

# Bansam Awe

Bansam Awe is a village in Samanda sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **290 people in 54 households**, the 32nd largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 290people (2011)
- 54households
- 83.7%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Bansam Awe PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bansam Awe is 793111.** Bansam Awe falls in Samanda sub-district, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSamanda
- Census village code275392

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

## How far is Bansam Awe from nearby towns?

- Samanda (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)20 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)20 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 Bansam Awe?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bansam Awe; 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Bansam Awe

Of every 100 households in Bansam Awe in 2011, 88 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bansam Awe · ■ Samanda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**41%

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

**79%

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

**20%

Tap water ****26%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**11%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****82%**

**26%

Television ****29%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**45%

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 Bansam Awe?

■ Bansam Awe · ■ Samanda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**930

Working population ****36.2%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 80.2% for women. 38% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 83 (79%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 18 (17%)

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 Samanda

- Bawegre333 people
- Nengkra Watregrittim333 people
- Samanda Prapgre323 people
- Dawa Songgittal306 people
- Rapdikgre279 people
- Asiragre277 people
- Akelgre268 people
- Dorengkigre265 people

[All 159 villages in Samanda](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-garo-hills/samanda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bansam Awe?793111
- How far is Bansam Awe from Williamnagar?20 km by road
- What is the population of Bansam Awe?290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bansam Awe in?East Garo Hills district (Samanda sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Bansam Awe?83.7% (Census 2011)