# Dingrapara Village, Selsella, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Selsella, West Garo Hills 

# Dingrapara

Dingrapara is a village in Selsella sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794105**. The 2011 Census counted **205 people in 38 households**, the 233rd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 205people (2011)
- 38households
- 42.1%literacy
- 794105PIN code

## Dingrapara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dingrapara is 794105.** Dingrapara falls in Selsella sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794105
- Community development blockSelsella
- Census village code273019

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

## How far is Dingrapara from nearby towns?

- Selsella (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)37 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)37 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 Dingrapara?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dingrapara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Mandagre
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Selsella
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)17 h summer · 15 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 Dingrapara

Of every 100 households in Dingrapara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dingrapara · ■ Selsella rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**44%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

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

**36%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**43%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Dingrapara?

■ Dingrapara · ■ Selsella rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**976

Working population ****62.4%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.8% for men and 32.1% for women. 60% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 77 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 46 (36%)

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 Selsella

- Chibongga209 people
- Lower Chidinagre208 people
- Chaprabudi207 people
- Gimbidua206 people
- Benabazar204 people
- Depagre204 people
- Ghatgre202 people
- Mongkakgre200 people

[All 361 villages in Selsella](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/west-garo-hills/selsella/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dingrapara?794105
- How far is Dingrapara from Tura?37 km by road
- What is the population of Dingrapara?205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dingrapara in?West Garo Hills district (Selsella sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Dingrapara?42.1% (Census 2011)