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Tungrurchar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tungrurchar is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 336 families residing. The Tungrurchar village has population of 1507 of which 787 are males while 720 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tungrurchar village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 17.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tungrurchar village is 915 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tungrurchar as per census is 871, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tungrurchar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tungrurchar village was 52.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tungrurchar Male literacy stands at 57.19 % while female literacy rate was 47.16 %.

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

Tungrurchar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 1,507 787 720
Child (0-6) 262 140 122
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 6 5 1
Literacy 52.37 % 57.19 % 47.16 %
Total Workers 357 323 34
Main Worker 304 - -
Marginal Worker 53 44 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.40 % of total population in Tungrurchar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tungrurchar village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tungrurchar village out of total population, 357 were engaged in work activities. 85.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 357 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 85 were Agricultural labourer.