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

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Village · Zikzak, West Garo Hills 

# Magurmari

Magurmari is a village in Zikzak sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794001**. The 2011 Census counted **579 people in 141 households**, the 30th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 579people (2011)
- 141households
- 52.6%literacy
- 794001PIN code

## Magurmari PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code794001
- Community development blockZikzak
- Census village code273940

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

## How far is Magurmari from nearby towns?

- Zikzak (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)67 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 Magurmari?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Magurmari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Patijora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tura
- ○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 bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 21 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.

## What is Magurmari known for?

The main crops are **paddy and jute**. Products made here include weaving. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Magurmari

Of every 100 households in Magurmari in 2011, 23 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Magurmari · ■ Zikzak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**57%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**31%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**33%

Television ****20%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**41%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Magurmari?

■ Magurmari · ■ Zikzak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**980

Working population ****35.2%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 44.0% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (18%) · **■** Household industry 13 (6%) · **■** Other work 65 (32%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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

- Tarapara602 people
- Dorgapara588 people
- Chapahati III584 people
- Bagicha579 people
- Dinangpara572 people
- Bolgakgre569 people
- Ponchapara568 people
- Bollonggiri-II542 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Magurmari?794001
- How far is Magurmari from Tura?67 km by road
- What is the population of Magurmari?579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Magurmari in?West Garo Hills district (Zikzak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Magurmari?52.6% (Census 2011)