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

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Kentra

Kentra is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **85 people in 16 households**, the 195th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 85people (2011)
- 16households
- 70.8%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Kentra PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275286

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

## How far is Kentra from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Williamnagar (district HQ)56 km by road
- Williamnagar (nearest town)56 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 Kentra?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Kentra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Asil Songgital
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Songsak
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○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

- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 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 Kentra

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

■ Kentra · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**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 ****0%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****100%**

**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 Kentra?

■ Kentra · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**988

Working population ****56.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 65.5% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 15 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 32 (67%)

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

- Mandalong94 people
- Bijasik Doki Ading93 people
- Dangkong Dokatong92 people
- Jamge Nengbal89 people
- Gambolgong84 people
- Dimbiilchirang83 people
- Dangkong Chitoregre82 people
- Sokadam Sokmitegre81 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kentra?793111
- How far is Kentra from Williamnagar?56 km by road
- What is the population of Kentra?85 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kentra in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Kentra?70.8% (Census 2011)