Village · Rongram, West Garo Hills
# Dachigre

Dachigre is a village in Rongram sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code 794002. The 2011 Census counted 31 people in 5 households, the 173rd largest of 173 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.
- 31 people (2011)
- 5 households
- 53.6% literacy
- 794002 PIN code

## Dachigre PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Dachigre is 794002. Dachigre falls in Rongram sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.
- PIN code 794002
- Community development block Rongram
- Census village code 273600

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Dachigre from nearby towns?
- Rongram (sub-district HQ) 9 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.

## What facilities are there in Dachigre?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Dachigre; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Rongkong
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Tura
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Tura
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Tura
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 15 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dachigre known for?

The main crops are cashewnut and betelnut.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Dachigre

Of every 100 households in Dachigre in 2011, 80 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 20 a car.

■ Dachigre · ■ Rongram rural average
- Electricity for lighting 80% 46%
- Toilet within the home 80% 79%
- No toilet (open defecation) 20% 18%
- Tap water 0% 33%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 13%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 0% 39%
- Television 20% 30%
- Mobile phone 20% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 20% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 20% 2%
- None of these assets 40% 33%
- Own their home 100% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dachigre?

■ Dachigre · ■ Rongram rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.6% 74.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1385 971
- Working population 64.5% 43.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.2% for men and 60.0% for women. 69% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 16 (80%) · ■ Other work 1 (5%) · ■ Marginal 3 (15%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Rongram
- Siltinggre 56 people
- Muriapal 48 people
- Gongronggre 47 people
- Wakantagre 45 people

All 181 villages in Rongram

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Dachigre? 794002
- How far is Dachigre from Tura? 32 km by road
- What is the population of Dachigre? 31 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dachigre in? West Garo Hills district (Rongram sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Dachigre? 53.6% (Census 2011)

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