# Dura-Asimgiri Village, Chokpot, South Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Chokpot, South Garo Hills 

# Dura-Asimgiri

Dura-Asimgiri is a village in Chokpot sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793005**. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 48 households**, the 27th largest of 279 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 313people (2011)
- 48households
- 83.1%literacy
- 793005PIN code

## Dura-Asimgiri PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793005
- Community development blockChokpot
- Census village code275545

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

## How far is Dura-Asimgiri from nearby towns?

- Chokpot (sub-district HQ)58 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)60 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)60 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 Dura-Asimgiri?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Dura-Asimgiri; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Tura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 17 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 Dura-Asimgiri

Of every 100 households in Dura-Asimgiri in 2011, 62 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dura-Asimgiri · ■ Chokpot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**26%

Tap water ****96%**

**36%

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

**9%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****38%**

**11%

Television ****23%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**41%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dura-Asimgiri?

■ Dura-Asimgiri · ■ Chokpot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**984

Working population ****39.0%**

**43.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 79.2% for women. 39% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (60%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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

- Dagal Gopre330 people
- Dana Adugiri329 people
- Sangknigiri324 people
- Bolsal Ading314 people
- Kene Chania300 people
- Watibokgre297 people
- Rongrakgre292 people
- Reni Badima282 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dura-Asimgiri?793005
- How far is Dura-Asimgiri from Baghmara?60 km by road
- What is the population of Dura-Asimgiri?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dura-Asimgiri in?South Garo Hills district (Chokpot sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Dura-Asimgiri?83.1% (Census 2011)