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

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Village · Gasuapara, South Garo Hills 

# Pikapara

Pikapara is a village in Gasuapara sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793002**. The 2011 Census counted **120 people in 20 households**, the 75th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 120people (2011)
- 20households
- 66.3%literacy
- 793002PIN code

## Pikapara PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code793002
- Community development blockGasuapara
- Census village code275939

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

## How far is Pikapara from nearby towns?

- Gasuapara (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)50 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)50 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 Pikapara?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Pikapara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gasuapara
- ○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 wateruntreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 12 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 Pikapara

Of every 100 households in Pikapara in 2011, 71 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pikapara · ■ Gasuapara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**37%

Tap water ****8%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**9%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**17%

Television ****17%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**14%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**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 Pikapara?

■ Pikapara · ■ Gasuapara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**986

Working population ****63.3%**

**39.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 55.8% for women. 63% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 48 (63%) · **■** Other work 5 (7%) · **■** Marginal 23 (30%)

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

- Rakipara126 people
- Rongchonggre124 people
- Attesia Songmong122 people
- Rangmai Aruak122 people
- Donigre119 people
- Dindinnigri118 people
- Charipara114 people
- Kalsigiri114 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pikapara?793002
- How far is Pikapara from Baghmara?50 km by road
- What is the population of Pikapara?120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pikapara in?South Garo Hills district (Gasuapara sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Pikapara?66.3% (Census 2011)