About Cheran Songgitcham Village

Cheran Songgitcham is a small village in Dambo Rongjeng tehsil, in the district of East Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 172 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cheran Songgitcham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheran Songgitcham village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Garo Hills
Tehsil	Dambo Rongjeng
Pincode	793111
Population	335
Male Population	172
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cheran Songgitcham compares

By the 2011 count Cheran Songgitcham is the 53rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 275 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Cheran Songgitcham

Cheran Songgitcham is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Cheran Songgitcham as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Cheran Songgitcham from other places

Cheran Songgitcham lies about 13 km from East Garo Hills, and the nearest railway station is Mendipathar, about 21 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Cheran Songgitcham
District headquarters	East Garo Hills	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dambo Rongjeng	14 km
Nearest railway station	Mendipathar	21 km
Nearest town	Williamnagar	27 km

Villages closest to Cheran Songgitcham

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dambo Rongjeng tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Cheran Songgitcham

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheran Songgitcham village had a population of 335. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 275 residents.

Cheran Songgitcham village has 172 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheran Songgitcham has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Cheran Songgitcham is 793111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cheran Songgitcham falls under Dambo Rongjeng tehsil of East Garo Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Cheran Songgitcham is Mendipathar, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Cheran Songgitcham.

Cheran Songgitcham is about 13 km from East Garo Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cheran Songgitcham is in Dambo Rongjeng tehsil of East Garo Hills district. East Garo Hills is about 13 km away. Dambo Rongjeng is about 14 km away. Mendipathar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Cheran Alda (under 2 km), Cheran Chikal (under 2 km) and Cheran Songgital (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Cheran Songgitcham today is likely to be higher.