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Chokchakia Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chokchakia is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 106 families residing. The Chokchakia village has population of 636 of which 326 are males while 310 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chokchakia village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 18.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chokchakia village is 951 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chokchakia as per census is 902, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chokchakia village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chokchakia village was 83.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chokchakia Male literacy stands at 87.17 % while female literacy rate was 80.39 %.

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

Chokchakia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 106 - -
Population 636 326 310
Child (0-6) 116 61 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 612 320 292
Literacy 83.85 % 87.17 % 80.39 %
Total Workers 166 99 67
Main Worker 135 - -
Marginal Worker 31 12 19

Caste Factor

In Chokchakia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.23 % of total population in Chokchakia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chokchakia village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chokchakia village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 81.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.