# Wakgitcho Village, Samanda, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Samanda, East Garo Hills 

# Wakgitcho

Wakgitcho is a village in Samanda sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **114 people in 22 households**, the 103rd largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 114people (2011)
- 22households
- 58.5%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Wakgitcho PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSamanda
- Census village code275429

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

## How far is Wakgitcho from nearby towns?

- Samanda (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)18 km by road
- Williamnagar (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 Wakgitcho?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Wakgitcho; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Samanda Megapgre
- ○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
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Wakgitcho

Of every 100 households in Wakgitcho in 2011, 52 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wakgitcho · ■ Samanda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

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

**11%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**45%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Wakgitcho?

■ Wakgitcho · ■ Samanda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**930

Working population ****45.6%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 49.0% for women. 45% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 32 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (37%)

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

- Kalak Dorek117 people
- Bangong Bingbanggre116 people
- Dilma Rimtonggre114 people
- Rongchek Manda114 people
- Dilma Songgitcham113 people
- Rongsak Bazar113 people
- Bandigre112 people
- Naregre109 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Wakgitcho?793111
- How far is Wakgitcho from Williamnagar?18 km by road
- What is the population of Wakgitcho?114 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wakgitcho in?East Garo Hills district (Samanda sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Wakgitcho?58.5% (Census 2011)