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Kongkira Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kongkira is a small village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Kongkira village has population of 141 of which 75 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kongkira village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 12.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kongkira village is 880 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kongkira as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kongkira village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kongkira village was 58.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kongkira Male literacy stands at 63.08 % while female literacy rate was 53.45 %.

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

Kongkira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 141 75 66
Child (0-6) 18 10 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 141 75 66
Literacy 58.54 % 63.08 % 53.45 %
Total Workers 78 40 38
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 45 8 37

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kongkira village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 42.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.