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Nekikona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nekikona is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Nekikona village has population of 152 of which 70 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nekikona village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nekikona village is 1171 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nekikona as per census is 1714, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nekikona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nekikona village was 48.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nekikona Male literacy stands at 50.79 % while female literacy rate was 47.14 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nekikona 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 Nekikona village.

Nekikona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 152 70 82
Child (0-6) 19 7 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 147 68 79
Literacy 48.87 % 50.79 % 47.14 %
Total Workers 42 33 9
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Nekikona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.71 % of total population in Nekikona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nekikona village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nekikona village out of total population, 42 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 42 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.