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

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Village · Selsella, West Garo Hills 

# Songkapara

Songkapara is a village in Selsella sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794104**. The 2011 Census counted **399 people in 77 households**, the 118th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 399people (2011)
- 77households
- 78.1%literacy
- 794104PIN code

## Songkapara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Songkapara is 794104.** Songkapara falls in Selsella sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794104
- Community development blockSelsella
- Census village code272950

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

## How far is Songkapara from nearby towns?

- Selsella (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)52 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)52 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 Songkapara?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Songkapara; 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Mandagre
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Haldibari
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Selsella
- ○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 bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 22 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 Songkapara

Of every 100 households in Songkapara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Songkapara · ■ Selsella rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**44%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**36%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**24%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**43%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Songkapara?

■ Songkapara · ■ Selsella rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**976

Working population ****81.7%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 70.8% for women. 82% of men and 81% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 178 (55%)

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

- Khalpara403 people
- Khilbhoi401 people
- Rongadatgre401 people
- Rongranggiri400 people
- Poradangga394 people
- Dewankata393 people
- Jeldupara392 people
- Bolbokgre379 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Songkapara?794104
- How far is Songkapara from Tura?52 km by road
- What is the population of Songkapara?399 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Songkapara in?West Garo Hills district (Selsella sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Songkapara?78.1% (Census 2011)