Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills
# Daga Apal

Daga Apal is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code 794108. The 2011 Census counted 388 people in 66 households, the 39th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.
- 388 people (2011)
- 66 households
- 69.9% literacy
- 794108 PIN code

## Daga Apal PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Daga Apal is 794108. Daga Apal falls in Songsak sub-district, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.
- PIN code 794108
- Community development block Songsak
- Census village code 275220

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Daga Apal from nearby towns?
- Songsak (sub-district HQ) 21 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ) 50 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town) 33 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Daga Apal?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Daga Apal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Primary health centre In village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Mendipathar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Mendipathar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Tura
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells
- Electricity (2011) 14 h summer · 19 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Daga Apal

Of every 100 households in Daga Apal in 2011, 52 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Daga Apal · ■ Songsak rural average
- Electricity for lighting 52% 23%
- Toilet within the home 100% 69%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 23%
- Tap water 0% 20%
- Drinking water within premises 72% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 100%
- Use banking services 17% 16%
- Television 26% 14%
- Mobile phone 11% 13%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 51% 48%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Daga Apal?

■ Daga Apal · ■ Songsak rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.9% 62.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1031 977
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 674 988
- Working population 18.8% 43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 67.9% for women. 31% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 70 (96%) · ■ Other work 2 (3%) · ■ Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Songsak
- Dimbil Bonegre 391 people
- Chidimit Imsinggittim 389 people
- Samin Rongal 389 people
- Songsak Bolchugre 389 people
- Songkama-Waksogre 385 people
- Mendu Apal 376 people
- Dobu Rimding 374 people
- Bolonggre 367 people

All 229 villages in Songsak

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Daga Apal? 794108
- How far is Daga Apal from Williamnagar? 50 km by road
- What is the population of Daga Apal? 388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Daga Apal in? East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Daga Apal? 69.9% (Census 2011)

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