# Bone Songgitcham Village, Songsak, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Bone Songgitcham

Bone Songgitcham is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **689 people in 120 households**, the 5th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 689people (2011)
- 120households
- 42.6%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Bone Songgitcham PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275281

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

## How far is Bone Songgitcham from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)34 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)34 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 Bone Songgitcham?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bone Songgitcham; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Songsak
- ○Degree college10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○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 bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated 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 Bone Songgitcham

Of every 100 households in Bone Songgitcham in 2011, 35 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bone Songgitcham · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**23%

Tap water ****71%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**15%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****31%**

**16%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**48%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bone Songgitcham?

■ Bone Songgitcham · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.6%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**988

Working population ****51.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.9% for men and 38.3% for women. 52% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 138 (39%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 46 (13%) · **■** Marginal 163 (46%)

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

- Dobu Bazar1,050 people
- Koksi Nengsat813 people
- Chidimit Nengsat703 people
- Dobu Rongmu698 people
- Dagal Aringa648 people
- Tebil Bonegre645 people
- Raja Apal610 people
- Doba Apal559 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bone Songgitcham?793111
- How far is Bone Songgitcham from Williamnagar?34 km by road
- What is the population of Bone Songgitcham?689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bone Songgitcham in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Bone Songgitcham?42.6% (Census 2011)