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Upper Katonggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Katonggre is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 49 families residing. The Upper Katonggre village has population of 261 of which 119 are males while 142 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Katonggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 18.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Katonggre village is 1193 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Katonggre as per census is 846, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Katonggre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Katonggre village was 59.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Katonggre Male literacy stands at 70.97 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Upper Katonggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 261 119 142
Child (0-6) 48 26 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 249 113 136
Literacy 59.15 % 70.97 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 116 50 66
Main Worker 101 - -
Marginal Worker 15 5 10

Caste Factor

In Upper Katonggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.40 % of total population in Upper Katonggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Katonggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Katonggre village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 87.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.