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

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Bolsongchok

Bolsongchok is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **169 people in 37 households**, the 139th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 169people (2011)
- 37households
- 56.3%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Bolsongchok PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275179

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

## How far is Bolsongchok from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)62 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)91 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)91 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 Bolsongchok?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Bolsongchok; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Mendipathar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

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 Bolsongchok

Of every 100 households in Bolsongchok in 2011, 0 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bolsongchok · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**15%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****0%**

**16%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**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 Bolsongchok?

■ Bolsongchok · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1267**

**988

Working population ****23.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 51.6% for women. 43% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 38 (97%) · **■** Other work 1 (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 Songsak

- Bone Megapgre174 people
- Norek Dalbot170 people
- Norek Nengjreng170 people
- Samin Chianing170 people
- Samin Sembukol168 people
- Ronchek Apal163 people
- Kanchimik155 people
- Bolmoram Adinggre153 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bolsongchok?793111
- How far is Bolsongchok from Williamnagar?91 km by road
- What is the population of Bolsongchok?169 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bolsongchok in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Bolsongchok?56.3% (Census 2011)