# Gara Songgital Village, Baghmara, South Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Baghmara, South Garo Hills 

# Gara Songgital

Gara Songgital is a village in Baghmara sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793002**. The 2011 Census counted **265 people in 45 households**, the 55th largest of 158 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 265people (2011)
- 45households
- 79.9%literacy
- 793002PIN code

## Gara Songgital PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gara Songgital is 793002.** Gara Songgital falls in Baghmara sub-district, South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793002
- Community development blockBaghmara
- Census village code276103

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

## How far is Gara Songgital from nearby towns?

- Baghmara (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)30 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)30 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 Gara Songgital?

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

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Balkal Asim
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baghmara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baghmara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Baghmara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Electricity (2011)13 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 Gara Songgital

Of every 100 households in Gara Songgital in 2011, 11 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gara Songgital · ■ Baghmara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**27%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**13%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**17%

Television ****4%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****78%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Gara Songgital?

■ Gara Songgital · ■ Baghmara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1103**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1542**

**946

Working population ****36.2%**

**32.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 73.5% for women. 33% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 92 (96%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Baghmara

- Nengkong Mandagre284 people
- Darang Boldak281 people
- Badri Maidumgittim272 people
- Asokgre266 people
- Denggagre264 people
- Rongkandi Nengbrekgittim263 people
- Rongdotchi257 people
- Bamongre256 people

[All 172 villages in Baghmara](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/south-garo-hills/baghmara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gara Songgital?793002
- How far is Gara Songgital from Baghmara?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gara Songgital?265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gara Songgital in?South Garo Hills district (Baghmara sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Gara Songgital?79.9% (Census 2011)