Village · Khatarshnong Laitkroh, East Khasi Hills
# Pdang

Pdang is a village in Khatarshnong Laitkroh sub-district of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code 793015. The 2011 Census counted 62 people in 13 households, the 85th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 2.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.
- 62 people (2011)
- 13 households
- 2.2% literacy
- 793015 PIN code

## Pdang PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Pdang is 793015. Pdang falls in Khatarshnong Laitkroh sub-district, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.
- PIN code 793015
- Community development block Khatarshnong Laitkroh
- Census village code 278574

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Pdang from nearby towns?
- Khatarshnong Laitkroh (sub-district HQ) 32 km by road
- Shillong (district HQ) 57 km by road
- Shillong (nearest town) 57 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Pdang?

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

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 5–10 km · Sder
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Mawjrong
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Shillong
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Shillong
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pdang known for?

The main crops are broomstick.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Pdang

Of every 100 households in Pdang in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pdang · ■ Khatarshnong Laitkroh rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 62%
- Toilet within the home 0% 26%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 74%
- Tap water 100% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 0% 50%
- Television 0% 17%
- Mobile phone 58% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 0%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 42% 50%
- Own their home 83% 88%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pdang?

■ Pdang · ■ Khatarshnong Laitkroh rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 2.2% 77.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 676 1007
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 545 975
- Working population 51.6% 44.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 3.8% for men and 0.0% for women. 43% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 32 (100%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Khatarshnong Laitkroh
- Kukon 74 people
- Rngidiengsai 70 people
- Tluh 68 people
- Myiong 66 people
- Laitumiong 54 people
- Khohber 46 people
- Wahsohra 44 people
- Mawlyngad 43 people

All 98 villages in Khatarshnong Laitkroh

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Pdang? 793015
- How far is Pdang from Shillong? 57 km by road
- What is the population of Pdang? 62 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pdang in? East Khasi Hills district (Khatarshnong Laitkroh sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Pdang? 2.2% (Census 2011)

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