# Kanchonkona Village, Tikrikilla, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Tikrikilla, West Garo Hills 

# Kanchonkona

Kanchonkona is a village in Tikrikilla sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794109**. The 2011 Census counted **849 people in 159 households**, the 4th largest of 172 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 849people (2011)
- 159households
- 66.2%literacy
- 794109PIN code

## Kanchonkona PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanchonkona is 794109.** Kanchonkona falls in Tikrikilla sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794109
- Community development blockTikrikilla
- Census village code273247

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

## How far is Kanchonkona from nearby towns?

- Tikrikilla (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)63 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)114 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 Kanchonkona?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kanchonkona; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Tikrikilla
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Tikrikilla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Kanchonkona

Of every 100 households in Kanchonkona in 2011, 26 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanchonkona · ■ Tikrikilla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**27%

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

**62%

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

**35%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**30%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kanchonkona?

■ Kanchonkona · ■ Tikrikilla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**977

Working population ****37.2%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 60.9% for women. 40% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 58 (18%) · **■** Marginal 195 (62%)

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 Tikrikilla

- Katholbari II1,087 people
- Tikrikilla933 people
- Upper Chisikgre854 people
- Jugirjhar816 people
- Upper Watregre796 people
- Upper Chigijanggre790 people
- Ravagre765 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanchonkona?794109
- How far is Kanchonkona from Tura?63 km by road
- What is the population of Kanchonkona?849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchonkona in?West Garo Hills district (Tikrikilla sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchonkona?66.2% (Census 2011)