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Wakantagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakantagre is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 78 families residing. The Wakantagre village has population of 360 of which 185 are males while 175 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakantagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 17.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakantagre village is 946 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakantagre as per census is 703, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakantagre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakantagre village was 48.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakantagre Male literacy stands at 53.38 % while female literacy rate was 42.95 %.

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

Wakantagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 360 185 175
Child (0-6) 63 37 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 359 184 175
Literacy 48.15 % 53.38 % 42.95 %
Total Workers 176 88 88
Main Worker 129 - -
Marginal Worker 47 3 44

Caste Factor

In Wakantagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Wakantagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wakantagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wakantagre village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 73.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.