# Guripara Village, Gasuapara, South Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Gasuapara, South Garo Hills 

# Guripara

Guripara is a village in Gasuapara sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793002**. The 2011 Census counted **177 people in 30 households**, the 56th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 177people (2011)
- 30households
- 75.5%literacy
- 793002PIN code

## Guripara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Guripara is 793002.** Guripara falls in Gasuapara sub-district, South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793002
- Community development blockGasuapara
- Census village code275896

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

## How far is Guripara from nearby towns?

- Gasuapara (sub-district HQ)52 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)48 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)48 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 Guripara?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Guripara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Domiagre
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Rugapara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ 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 watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and covered wells
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Guripara

Of every 100 households in Guripara in 2011, 50 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guripara · ■ Gasuapara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**37%

Tap water ****47%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**9%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****7%**

**17%

Television ****10%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**14%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Guripara?

■ Guripara · ■ Gasuapara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**986

Working population ****46.3%**

**39.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 60.6% for women. 51% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 74 (90%) · **■** Other work 4 (5%) · **■** Marginal 4 (5%)

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 Gasuapara

- Jadugiri184 people
- Drong Songmong180 people
- Ruga Reginggittim180 people
- Gobrakura178 people
- Watregiri177 people
- Rongsigre173 people
- Aritakgiri163 people
- Bamon Bajragiri162 people

[All 180 villages in Gasuapara](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/south-garo-hills/gasuapara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Guripara?793002
- How far is Guripara from Baghmara?48 km by road
- What is the population of Guripara?177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guripara in?South Garo Hills district (Gasuapara sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Guripara?75.5% (Census 2011)