# Bagicha Village, Zikzak, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Zikzak, West Garo Hills 

# Bagicha

Bagicha is a village in Zikzak sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794001**. The 2011 Census counted **579 people in 122 households**, the 29th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 579people (2011)
- 122households
- 64.9%literacy
- 794001PIN code

## Bagicha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bagicha is 794001.** Bagicha falls in Zikzak sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794001
- Community development blockZikzak
- Census village code273986

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

## How far is Bagicha from nearby towns?

- Zikzak (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)85 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)82 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 Bagicha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mahendraganj
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Mahendraganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 12 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 Bagicha

Of every 100 households in Bagicha in 2011, 62 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bagicha · ■ Zikzak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**33%

Television ****37%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**41%

Own their home ****81%**

**97%

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 Bagicha?

■ Bagicha · ■ Zikzak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**980

Working population ****26.3%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 63.5% for women. 43% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (27%) · **■** Other work 49 (32%) · **■** Marginal 25 (16%)

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 Zikzak

- Kamampara619 people
- Tarapara602 people
- Dorgapara588 people
- Chapahati III584 people
- Magurmari579 people
- Dinangpara572 people
- Bolgakgre569 people
- Ponchapara568 people

[All 223 villages in Zikzak](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/west-garo-hills/zikzak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bagicha?794001
- How far is Bagicha from Tura?85 km by road
- What is the population of Bagicha?579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagicha in?West Garo Hills district (Zikzak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Bagicha?64.9% (Census 2011)