# Dobu Achakpek Village, Songsak, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-garo-hills/songsak/dobu-achakpek/

Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Dobu Achakpek

Dobu Achakpek is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **329 people in 51 households**, the 54th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 329people (2011)
- 51households
- 69.0%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Dobu Achakpek PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275356

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

## How far is Dobu Achakpek from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)47 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)27 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)27 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 Dobu Achakpek?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Dobu Achakpek; 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 · Williamnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Williamnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Dobu Achakpek

Of every 100 households in Dobu Achakpek in 2011, 29 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dobu Achakpek · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**23%

Tap water ****2%**

**20%

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

**15%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****2%**

**16%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**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 Dobu Achakpek?

■ Dobu Achakpek · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**988

Working population ****50.8%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 58.4% for women. 51% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 69 (41%) · **■** Marginal 98 (59%)

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

- Rongap Songgitcham346 people
- Songsak Jarepa345 people
- Dingrepa343 people
- Dobu Chitimbing337 people
- Dagal Samithi327 people
- Samin Indikim325 people
- Dalbot Nokat324 people
- Rongronggre315 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dobu Achakpek?793111
- How far is Dobu Achakpek from Williamnagar?27 km by road
- What is the population of Dobu Achakpek?329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dobu Achakpek in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Dobu Achakpek?69.0% (Census 2011)