# Smit Village, Mawryngkneng, East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Mawryngkneng, East Khasi Hills 

# Smit

Smit is a village in Mawryngkneng sub-district of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793015**. The 2011 Census counted **5,037 people in 947 households**, the 3rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 5,037people (2011)
- 947households
- 87.8%literacy
- 793015PIN code

## Smit PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Smit is 793015.** Smit falls in Mawryngkneng sub-district, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793015
- Community development blockMawryngkneng
- Census village code278388

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

## How far is Smit from nearby towns?

- Mawryngkneng (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Shillong (district HQ)18 km by road
- Shillong (nearest town)18 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 Smit?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Smit; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 7 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 7 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 5 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Shillong
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shillong
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 18 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 Smit

Of every 100 households in Smit in 2011, 92 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Smit · ■ Mawryngkneng rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**38%

Tap water ****1%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**89%

Use banking services ****56%**

**55%

Television ****31%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

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

**46%

Own their home ****60%**

**80%

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 Smit?

■ Smit · ■ Mawryngkneng rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**1015

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**960

Working population ****34.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 88.3% for women. 45% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 437 (25%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 813 (46%) · **■** Marginal 283 (16%)

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 Mawryngkneng

- Mawryngkneng6,598 people
- Sohryngkham5,736 people
- Mawlynrei3,473 people
- Nongkrem3,038 people
- Umphyrnai2,997 people
- Mawshbuit2,590 people

[All 64 villages in Mawryngkneng](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/east-khasi-hills/mawryngkneng/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Smit?793015
- How far is Smit from Shillong?18 km by road
- What is the population of Smit?5,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Smit in?East Khasi Hills district (Mawryngkneng sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Smit?87.8% (Census 2011)
