# Pdengshakap Village, Amlarem, Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Amlarem, Jaintia Hills 

# Pdengshakap

Pdengshakap is a village in Amlarem sub-district of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793150**. The 2011 Census counted **1,472 people in 257 households**, the 7th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,472people (2011)
- 257households
- 54.6%literacy
- 793150PIN code

## Pdengshakap PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pdengshakap is 793150.** Pdengshakap falls in Amlarem sub-district, Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793150
- Community development blockAmlarem
- Census village code279326

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

## How far is Pdengshakap from nearby towns?

- Amlarem (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Jowai (district HQ)37 km by road
- Jowai (nearest town)37 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 Pdengshakap?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Pdengshakap; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jowai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jowai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shillong
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and covered wells
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Pdengshakap

Of every 100 households in Pdengshakap in 2011, 56 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pdengshakap · ■ Amlarem rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****82%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**46%

Television ****23%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

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

**54%

Own their home ****93%**

**89%

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 Pdengshakap?

■ Pdengshakap · ■ Amlarem rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**987

Working population ****55.1%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.6% for men and 60.3% for women. 57% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 180 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 260 (32%) · **■** Other work 49 (6%) · **■** Marginal 322 (40%)

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 Amlarem

- Mupylut1,846 people
- Thangbuli1,654 people
- Jarain1,603 people
- Lamin1,508 people
- Padubah1,396 people
- Khonglah1,300 people
- Umladkhur1,247 people
- Darang1,234 people

[All 98 villages in Amlarem](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/jaintia-hills/amlarem/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pdengshakap?793150
- How far is Pdengshakap from Jowai?37 km by road
- What is the population of Pdengshakap?1,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pdengshakap in?Jaintia Hills district (Amlarem sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Pdengshakap?54.6% (Census 2011)