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

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Kanchimik

Kanchimik is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **155 people in 26 households**, the 142nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 155people (2011)
- 26households
- 49.6%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Kanchimik PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275206

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

## How far is Kanchimik from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)74 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 Kanchimik?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kanchimik; 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 · Resubelpara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Resubelpara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre10+ 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

### Water and power

- Drinking watertanks / ponds

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 Kanchimik

Of every 100 households in Kanchimik in 2011, 0 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchimik · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**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 ****4%**

**16%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**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 Kanchimik?

■ Kanchimik · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.6%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**988

Working population ****42.6%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 39.6% for women. 43% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 52 (79%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 4 (6%) · **■** Marginal 8 (12%)

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

- Samin Chianing170 people
- Bolsongchok169 people
- Samin Sembukol168 people
- Ronchek Apal163 people
- Bolmoram Adinggre153 people
- Dimit-Songmong153 people
- Dagal Chiwako148 people
- Kera148 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanchimik?793111
- How far is Kanchimik from Williamnagar?95 km by road
- What is the population of Kanchimik?155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchimik in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchimik?49.6% (Census 2011)