Kurung Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kurung is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 70 families residing. The Kurung village has population of 319 of which 170 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurung village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurung village is 876 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurung as per census is 1200, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kurung village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurung village was 80.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kurung Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 68.80 %.

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

Kurung Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	70	-	-
Population	319	170	149
Child (0-6)	44	20	24
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	155	77	78
Literacy	80.36 %	90.00 %	68.80 %
Total Workers	148	78	70
Main Worker	88	-	-
Marginal Worker	60	17	43

Caste Factor

In Kurung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.59 % of total population in Kurung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurung village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kurung village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 59.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.