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Chandakona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chandakona is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 91 families residing. The Chandakona village has population of 448 of which 229 are males while 219 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandakona village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 16.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandakona village is 956 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandakona as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chandakona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandakona village was 71.77 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chandakona Male literacy stands at 77.78 % while female literacy rate was 65.57 %.

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

Chandakona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 91 - -
Population 448 229 219
Child (0-6) 76 40 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 440 224 216
Literacy 71.77 % 77.78 % 65.57 %
Total Workers 225 116 109
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Chandakona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.21 % of total population in Chandakona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chandakona village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chandakona village out of total population, 225 were engaged in work activities. 99.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 225 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.