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Marok Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Marok is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 93 families residing. The Marok village has population of 404 of which 207 are males while 197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marok village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 14.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marok village is 952 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Marok as per census is 1071, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Marok village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Marok village was 47.98 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Marok Male literacy stands at 54.75 % while female literacy rate was 40.72 %.

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

Marok Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 93 - -
Population 404 207 197
Child (0-6) 58 28 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 404 207 197
Literacy 47.98 % 54.75 % 40.72 %
Total Workers 289 153 136
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 192 64 128

Caste Factor

In Marok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Marok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marok village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Marok village out of total population, 289 were engaged in work activities. 33.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 289 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.