# Lower Darengre Village, Gambegre, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Gambegre, West Garo Hills 

# Lower Darengre

Lower Darengre is a village in Gambegre sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794005**. The 2011 Census counted **919 people in 154 households**, the 1st largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 919people (2011)
- 154households
- 96.7%literacy
- 794005PIN code

## Lower Darengre PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lower Darengre is 794005.** Lower Darengre falls in Gambegre sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794005
- Community development blockGambegre
- Census village code274062

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

## How far is Lower Darengre from nearby towns?

- Gambegre (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)6 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)6 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 Lower Darengre?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Lower Darengre; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Tura
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Tura
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 10 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 Lower Darengre

Of every 100 households in Lower Darengre in 2011, 82 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Lower Darengre · ■ Gambegre rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**34%

Tap water ****60%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**99%

Use banking services ****41%**

**20%

Television ****68%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**39%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Lower Darengre?

■ Lower Darengre · ■ Gambegre rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.7%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1191**

**976

Working population ****32.6%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 95.5% for women. 37% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 123 (41%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 128 (43%) · **■** Marginal 39 (13%)

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 Gambegre

- Somonpara622 people
- Lower Sangsanggre599 people
- Upper Darengre543 people
- Saka Boldamgiri506 people

[All 160 villages in Gambegre](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/west-garo-hills/gambegre/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lower Darengre?794005
- How far is Lower Darengre from Tura?6 km by road
- What is the population of Lower Darengre?919 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lower Darengre in?West Garo Hills district (Gambegre sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Lower Darengre?96.7% (Census 2011)
