# Meata Village, Rongara, South Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Rongara, South Garo Hills 

# Meata

Meata is a village in Rongara sub-district of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **793114**. The 2011 Census counted **148 people in 23 households**, the 72nd largest of 135 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 148people (2011)
- 23households
- 58.3%literacy
- 793114PIN code

## Meata PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Meata is 793114.** Meata falls in Rongara sub-district, South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code793114
- Community development blockRongara
- Census village code276249

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

## How far is Meata from nearby towns?

- Rongara (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Baghmara (district HQ)2 km by road
- Baghmara (nearest town)2 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 Meata?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Baghmara
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Baghmara
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Baghmara
- ○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

- Electricity (2011)14 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 Meata

Of every 100 households in Meata in 2011, 91 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meata · ■ Rongara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**26%

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

**10%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**22%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****70%**

**45%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Meata?

■ Meata · ■ Rongara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**979

Working population ****35.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 51.9% for women. 40% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 50 (96%) · **■** Other work 2 (4%)

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 Rongara

- Alokpang Dabrek151 people
- Upper Pasgao149 people
- Wachal Chiring149 people
- Dakopgre148 people
- Dambuk Apal146 people
- Gandhigre145 people
- Alokpang Nokalgre142 people
- Sanbana140 people

[All 143 villages in Rongara](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/south-garo-hills/rongara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Meata?793114
- How far is Meata from Baghmara?2 km by road
- What is the population of Meata?148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meata in?South Garo Hills district (Rongara sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Meata?58.3% (Census 2011)