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Okkanggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Okkanggre is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 98 families residing. The Okkanggre village has population of 458 of which 220 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okkanggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 20.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okkanggre village is 1082 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Okkanggre as per census is 1114, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Okkanggre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Okkanggre village was 62.47 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Okkanggre Male literacy stands at 76.70 % while female literacy rate was 49.21 %.

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

Okkanggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 458 220 238
Child (0-6) 93 44 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 456 219 237
Literacy 62.47 % 76.70 % 49.21 %
Total Workers 264 124 140
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 261 122 139

Caste Factor

In Okkanggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.56 % of total population in Okkanggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Okkanggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Okkanggre village out of total population, 264 were engaged in work activities. 1.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 264 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.