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

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Village · Zikzak, West Garo Hills 

# Tungrurchar

Tungrurchar is a village in Zikzak sub-district of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code **794001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,507 people in 336 households**, the 1st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,507people (2011)
- 336households
- 52.4%literacy
- 794001PIN code

## Tungrurchar PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code794001
- Community development blockZikzak
- Census village code274015

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

## How far is Tungrurchar from nearby towns?

- Zikzak (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Tura (district HQ)80 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 Tungrurchar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Tungrurchar; 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 · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn 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 watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Tungrurchar

Of every 100 households in Tungrurchar in 2011, 30 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tungrurchar · ■ Zikzak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**33%

Television ****14%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**41%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Tungrurchar?

■ Tungrurchar · ■ Zikzak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.4%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**980

Working population ****23.7%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.2% for men and 47.2% for women. 41% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 164 (46%) · **■** Marginal 53 (15%)

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

- Chapahati I1,355 people
- Kukurmua1,256 people
- Daspara1,094 people
- Ghegapara1,050 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tungrurchar?794001
- How far is Tungrurchar from Tura?80 km by road
- What is the population of Tungrurchar?1,507 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tungrurchar in?West Garo Hills district (Zikzak sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Tungrurchar?52.4% (Census 2011)