# Raja Apal Village, Songsak, East Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Songsak, East Garo Hills 

# Raja Apal

Raja Apal is a village in Songsak sub-district of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793111**. The 2011 Census counted **610 people in 101 households**, the 8th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 610people (2011)
- 101households
- 90.9%literacy
- 793111PIN code

## Raja Apal PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793111
- Community development blockSongsak
- Census village code275148

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

## How far is Raja Apal from nearby towns?

- Songsak (sub-district HQ)49 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 Raja Apal?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bajengdoba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Raja Apal

Of every 100 households in Raja Apal in 2011, 44 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raja Apal · ■ Songsak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**69%

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

**23%

Tap water ****20%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**15%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****26%**

**16%

Television ****27%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**48%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Raja Apal?

■ Raja Apal · ■ Songsak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1385**

**988

Working population ****43.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 89.2% for women. 44% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Household industry 17 (6%) · **■** Other work 40 (15%) · **■** Marginal 61 (23%)

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

- Dobu Rongmu698 people
- Bone Songgitcham689 people
- Dagal Aringa648 people
- Tebil Bonegre645 people
- Doba Apal559 people
- Chidimit Namesa533 people
- Songsak Agitok520 people
- Barikgre515 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Raja Apal?793111
- How far is Raja Apal from Williamnagar?95 km by road
- What is the population of Raja Apal?610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raja Apal in?East Garo Hills district (Songsak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Raja Apal?90.9% (Census 2011)