Songkong Population - Chandel, Manipur

Songkong is a small village located in Chakpikarong Sub Division of Chandel district, Manipur with total 32 families residing. The Songkong village has population of 196 of which 123 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Songkong village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 22.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Songkong village is 593 which is lower than Manipur state average of 985. Child Sex Ratio for the Songkong as per census is 692, lower than Manipur average of 930.

Songkong village has higher literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of Songkong village was 90.79 % compared to 76.94 % of Manipur. In Songkong Male literacy stands at 96.91 % while female literacy rate was 80.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Songkong village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Songkong village.

Songkong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	32	-	-
Population	196	123	73
Child (0-6)	44	26	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	166	96	70
Literacy	90.79 %	96.91 %	80.00 %
Total Workers	100	79	21
Main Worker	67	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	20	13

Caste Factor

In Songkong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.69 % of total population in Songkong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Songkong village of Chandel.

Work Profile

In Songkong village out of total population, 100 were engaged in work activities. 67.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 100 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.