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

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Village · Zikzak, West Garo Hills 

# Kukurmua

Kukurmua is a village in Zikzak sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 294 households**, the 3rd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 294households
- 66.5%literacy
- 794001PIN code

## Kukurmua PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code794001
- Community development blockZikzak
- Census village code274021

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

## How far is Kukurmua from nearby towns?

- Zikzak (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)80 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)85 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 Kukurmua?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kukurmua; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn 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
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)22 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 Kukurmua

Of every 100 households in Kukurmua in 2011, 60 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kukurmua · ■ Zikzak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**57%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****26%**

**33%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**41%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kukurmua?

■ Kukurmua · ■ Zikzak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**980

Working population ****26.2%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 61.9% for women. 42% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 68 (21%) · **■** Marginal 105 (32%)

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

- Tungrurchar1,507 people
- Chapahati I1,355 people
- Daspara1,094 people
- Ghegapara1,050 people
- Majerchar Barman1,034 people
- Salmanpara991 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kukurmua?794001
- How far is Kukurmua from Tura?80 km by road
- What is the population of Kukurmua?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kukurmua in?West Garo Hills district (Zikzak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Kukurmua?66.5% (Census 2011)