# Dame Abanda Village, Songsak, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Dame Abanda

Dame Abanda is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **220 people in 40 households**, the 100th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 220people (2011)
- 40households
- 93.6%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Dame Abanda PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275144

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

## How far is Dame Abanda from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)95 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)95 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 Dame Abanda?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Dame Abanda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bajengdoba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mendipathar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre10+ 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 wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Dame Abanda

Of every 100 households in Dame Abanda in 2011, 45 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dame Abanda · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**23%

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

**69%

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

**23%

Tap water ****3%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**15%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****32%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Dame Abanda?

■ Dame Abanda · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.6%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**988

Working population ****39.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 90.8% for women. 35% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 83 (97%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Chidimit Saridam223 people
- Napak Adokgittim223 people
- Bolmoram Mesechikgre222 people
- Jamge A221 people
- Rongchek Songgital220 people
- Rongrang Nokat217 people
- Chidaret Songgital216 people
- Dagal Apal216 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dame Abanda?793111
- How far is Dame Abanda from Williamnagar?95 km by road
- What is the population of Dame Abanda?220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dame Abanda in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Dame Abanda?93.6% (Census 2011)