Village · Ranikor, West Khasi Hills
# Upper Panchiring

Upper Panchiring is a village in Ranikor sub-district of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, PIN code 793106. The 2011 Census counted 52 people in 12 households, the 150th largest of 158 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.
- 52 people (2011)
- 12 households
- 45.0% literacy
- 793106 PIN code

## Upper Panchiring PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Upper Panchiring is 793106. Upper Panchiring falls in Ranikor sub-district, West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.
- PIN code 793106
- Community development block Ranikor
- Census village code 277281

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Upper Panchiring from nearby towns?
- Ranikor (sub-district HQ) 24 km by road
- Nongstoin (district HQ) 194 km by road
- Nongstoin (nearest town) 194 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Upper Panchiring?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Upper Panchiring; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Panchiring A
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Balat
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Shillong
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Shillong
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Upper Panchiring

Of every 100 households in Upper Panchiring in 2011, 0 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upper Panchiring · ■ Ranikor rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 38%
- Toilet within the home 25% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 75% 77%
- Tap water 100% 54%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 0% 18%
- Television 0% 20%
- Mobile phone 0% 14%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 67% 58%
- Own their home 92% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Upper Panchiring?

■ Upper Panchiring · ■ Ranikor rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.0% 70.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1364 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 5000 966
- Working population 51.9% 39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.0% for men and 35.0% for women. 64% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 16 (59%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (19%) · ■ Other work 1 (4%) · ■ Marginal 5 (19%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ranikor
- Mawphansaw 56 people
- Thangbyriang 55 people
- Kolomboit 53 people
- Photeitsim 53 people
- Rajai B 49 people
- Domiasiat 47 people
- Mawendeng 34 people
- Mawtaiem 34 people

All 161 villages in Ranikor

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Upper Panchiring? 793106
- How far is Upper Panchiring from Nongstoin? 194 km by road
- What is the population of Upper Panchiring? 52 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upper Panchiring in? West Khasi Hills district (Ranikor sub-district), Meghalaya
- What is the literacy rate of Upper Panchiring? 45.0% (Census 2011)

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