# Awegiri Village, Chokpot, South Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Chokpot, South Garo Hills 

# Awegiri

Awegiri is a village in Chokpot sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793005**. The 2011 Census counted **80 people in 15 households**, the 182nd largest of 279 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 80people (2011)
- 15households
- 76.5%literacy
- 793005PIN code

## Awegiri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Awegiri is 793005.** Awegiri falls in Chokpot sub-district, South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793005
- Community development blockChokpot
- Census village code275520

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

## How far is Awegiri from nearby towns?

- Chokpot (sub-district HQ)55 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)62 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)62 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 Awegiri?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Awegiri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Tura
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 14 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 Awegiri

Of every 100 households in Awegiri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Awegiri · ■ Chokpot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**26%

Tap water ****100%**

**36%

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

**9%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****6%**

**11%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Awegiri?

■ Awegiri · ■ Chokpot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1105**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**984

Working population ****38.8%**

**43.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 70.3% for women. 39% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (3%) · **■** Other work 2 (6%) · **■** Marginal 6 (19%)

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 Chokpot

- Alagre Nokatagiri82 people
- Ringkap Songgital82 people
- Adugre81 people
- Kantasigre81 people
- Tokrok Anchenggre80 people
- Agalgre79 people
- Anchigre79 people
- Balsiragre79 people

[All 309 villages in Chokpot](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/south-garo-hills/chokpot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Awegiri?793005
- How far is Awegiri from Baghmara?62 km by road
- What is the population of Awegiri?80 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Awegiri in?South Garo Hills district (Chokpot sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Awegiri?76.5% (Census 2011)