Village · Saipung, Jaintia Hills
# Jongria

Jongria is a village in Saipung sub-district of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code 793200. The 2011 Census counted 73 people in 10 households, the 78th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.1%.
- 73 people (2011)
- 10 households
- 53.7% literacy
- 793200 PIN code

## Jongria PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Jongria is 793200. Jongria falls in Saipung sub-district, Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya.
- PIN code 793200
- Community development block Saipung
- Census village code 279568

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

## How far is Jongria from nearby towns?
- Saipung (sub-district HQ) 64 km by road
- Jowai (district HQ) 90 km by road
- Jowai (nearest town) 90 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Jongria?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Jongria; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Sutnga
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Jowai
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jowai
- ○ 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
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 11 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Jongria

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

■ Jongria · ■ Saipung rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 61%
- Toilet within the home 100% 38%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 57%
- Tap water 0% 16%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 0% 28%
- Television 0% 19%
- Mobile phone 0% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 8%
- None of these assets 62% 40%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Jongria?

■ Jongria · ■ Saipung rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.7% 57.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1028 994
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 727 987
- Working population 42.5% 40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 44.8% for women. 42% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 9 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (3%) · ■ Other work 2 (6%) · ■ Marginal 19 (61%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Saipung
- Moulcheng 81 people
- Teizol 80 people
- Umthe 76 people
- Diruphai 73 people
- Saitual 70 people
- Salain 66 people
- New Tlangmoi 63 people
- Dimasitung 62 people

All 97 villages in Saipung

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Jongria? 793200
- How far is Jongria from Jowai? 90 km by road
- What is the population of Jongria? 73 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jongria in? Jaintia Hills district (Saipung sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Jongria? 53.7% (Census 2011)

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