# Lower Kalaichar Village, Zikzak, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya)

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Village · Zikzak, West Garo Hills 

# Lower Kalaichar

Lower Kalaichar is a village in Zikzak sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794115**. The 2011 Census counted **936 people in 212 households**, the 8th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 936people (2011)
- 212households
- 39.8%literacy
- 794115PIN code

## Lower Kalaichar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lower Kalaichar is 794115.** Lower Kalaichar falls in Zikzak sub-district, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya.

- PIN code794115
- Community development blockZikzak
- Census village code273848

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

## How far is Lower Kalaichar from nearby towns?

- Zikzak (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)85 km by road
- Tura (nearest town)67 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 Lower Kalaichar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ampati
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ampati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tura
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Lower Kalaichar

Of every 100 households in Lower Kalaichar in 2011, 12 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lower Kalaichar · ■ Zikzak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**57%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**31%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**33%

Television ****6%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****84%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Lower Kalaichar?

■ Lower Kalaichar · ■ Zikzak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.8%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**980

Working population ****38.6%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.1% for men and 38.5% for women. 48% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 60 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (24%) · **■** Other work 118 (33%) · **■** Marginal 96 (27%)

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

- Daspara1,094 people
- Ghegapara1,050 people
- Majerchar Barman1,034 people
- Salmanpara991 people
- Paulpara922 people
- Mondolpara918 people
- Lokaichar889 people
- Babupara846 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lower Kalaichar?794115
- How far is Lower Kalaichar from Tura?85 km by road
- What is the population of Lower Kalaichar?936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lower Kalaichar in?West Garo Hills district (Zikzak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Lower Kalaichar?39.8% (Census 2011)