# Kherapara Songma Village, Dalu, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Dalu, West Garo Hills 

# Kherapara Songma

Kherapara Songma is a village in Dalu sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794103**. The 2011 Census counted **431 people in 77 households**, the 41st largest of 188 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 431people (2011)
- 77households
- 82.2%literacy
- 794103PIN code

## Kherapara Songma PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kherapara Songma is 794103.** Kherapara Songma falls in Dalu sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794103
- Community development blockDalu
- Census village code274279

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

## How far is Kherapara Songma from nearby towns?

- Dalu (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)32 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)32 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 Kherapara Songma?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kherapara Songma; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn 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
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and canal / river

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 Kherapara Songma

Of every 100 households in Kherapara Songma in 2011, 1 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kherapara Songma · ■ Dalu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**37%

Tap water ****18%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**16%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**24%

Television ****11%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Kherapara Songma?

■ Kherapara Songma · ■ Dalu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1144**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1439**

**958

Working population ****41.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 78.4% for women. 45% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 97 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (34%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (11%)

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 Dalu

- Gobindapara451 people
- Dolddengagre442 people
- Koinabhoi C441 people
- Sandagre polpola437 people
- Chotto-Bolang430 people
- Nekdalgre417 people
- Tibapara A413 people
- Belabor407 people

[All 201 villages in Dalu](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/west-garo-hills/dalu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kherapara Songma?794103
- How far is Kherapara Songma from Tura?32 km by road
- What is the population of Kherapara Songma?431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherapara Songma in?West Garo Hills district (Dalu sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Kherapara Songma?82.2% (Census 2011)