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

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Village · Chokpot, South Garo Hills 

# Ganchigre

Ganchigre is a village in Chokpot sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793005**. The 2011 Census counted **58 people in 10 households**, the 210th largest of 279 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 58people (2011)
- 10households
- 55.3%literacy
- 793005PIN code

## Ganchigre PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793005
- Community development blockChokpot
- Census village code275687

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

## How far is Ganchigre from nearby towns?

- Chokpot (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)65 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)65 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 Ganchigre?

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

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Dagalgiri
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chokpot
- ○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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water

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 Ganchigre

Of every 100 households in Ganchigre in 2011, 0 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganchigre · ■ Chokpot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**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 ****0%**

**11%

Television ****36%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Ganchigre?

■ Ganchigre · ■ Chokpot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**984

Working population ****20.7%**

**43.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 50.0% for women. 33% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (8%) · **■** Other work 1 (8%) · **■** Marginal 1 (8%)

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

- Dadinggiri60 people
- Sembu Jibanggittim60 people
- Mon Rongsnagre59 people
- Sabiagre59 people
- Rongsimagiri57 people
- Budigre56 people
- Ramigiri56 people
- Chigitchakgiri55 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ganchigre?793005
- How far is Ganchigre from Baghmara?65 km by road
- What is the population of Ganchigre?58 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganchigre in?South Garo Hills district (Chokpot sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Ganchigre?55.3% (Census 2011)