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

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Village · Chokpot, South Garo Hills 

# Chokpotgiri

Chokpotgiri is a village in Chokpot sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793005**. The 2011 Census counted **1,587 people in 258 households**, the 1st largest of 279 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,587people (2011)
- 258households
- 88.7%literacy
- 793005PIN code

## Chokpotgiri PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793005
- Community development blockChokpot
- Census village code275659

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

## How far is Chokpotgiri from nearby towns?

- Chokpot (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)61 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)61 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 Chokpotgiri?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Chokpotgiri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 16 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 Chokpotgiri

Of every 100 households in Chokpotgiri in 2011, 81 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chokpotgiri · ■ Chokpot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**26%

Tap water ****72%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**9%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**99%

Use banking services ****15%**

**11%

Television ****48%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**41%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Chokpotgiri?

■ Chokpotgiri · ■ Chokpot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**984

Working population ****63.5%**

**43.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 87.0% for women. 67% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 36 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 288 (29%) · **■** Marginal 679 (67%)

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

- Bibragiri901 people
- Rongrikimgre623 people
- Dobagre550 people
- Gongganggre522 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chokpotgiri?793005
- How far is Chokpotgiri from Baghmara?61 km by road
- What is the population of Chokpotgiri?1,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chokpotgiri in?South Garo Hills district (Chokpot sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Chokpotgiri?88.7% (Census 2011)