# Akemgre Village, Songsak, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Akemgre

Akemgre is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **229 people in 43 households**, the 92nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 229people (2011)
- 43households
- 55.5%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Akemgre PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275138

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

## How far is Akemgre from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)75 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)105 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)105 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 Akemgre?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Akemgre; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mandal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Akemgre

Of every 100 households in Akemgre in 2011, 81 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akemgre · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**23%

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

**69%

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

**23%

Tap water ****45%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**15%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****14%**

**16%

Television ****29%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**48%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Akemgre?

■ Akemgre · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1417**

**988

Working population ****57.2%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.7% for men and 49.5% for women. 60% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 126 (96%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Songsak

- Bolmoram Adap236 people
- Bone Watregre235 people
- Danal Songgitcham234 people
- Manda Songgitcham230 people
- Sawegre227 people
- Samin Silkigre226 people
- Bijasik Bolonggre224 people
- Chidimit Saridam223 people

[All 229 villages in Songsak](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-garo-hills/songsak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Akemgre?793111
- How far is Akemgre from Williamnagar?105 km by road
- What is the population of Akemgre?229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akemgre in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Akemgre?55.5% (Census 2011)