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Kanchikona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kanchikona is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Kanchikona village has population of 151 of which 72 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchikona village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchikona village is 1097 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchikona as per census is 1200, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kanchikona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchikona village was 17.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kanchikona Male literacy stands at 17.74 % while female literacy rate was 16.42 %.

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

Kanchikona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 151 72 79
Child (0-6) 22 10 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 151 72 79
Literacy 17.05 % 17.74 % 16.42 %
Total Workers 56 40 16
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kanchikona village out of total population, 56 were engaged in work activities. 94.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 56 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.