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Andarkona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Andarkona is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Andarkona village has population of 179 of which 89 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Andarkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 16.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Andarkona village is 1011 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Andarkona as per census is 1231, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Andarkona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Andarkona village was 46.67 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Andarkona Male literacy stands at 56.58 % while female literacy rate was 36.49 %.

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

Andarkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 179 89 90
Child (0-6) 29 13 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 179 89 90
Literacy 46.67 % 56.58 % 36.49 %
Total Workers 54 40 14
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Andarkona village out of total population, 54 were engaged in work activities. 92.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 54 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.