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Rapangpanggiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rapangpanggiri is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Rapangpanggiri village has population of 287 of which 162 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rapangpanggiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 20.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rapangpanggiri village is 772 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rapangpanggiri as per census is 657, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rapangpanggiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rapangpanggiri village was 49.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rapangpanggiri Male literacy stands at 56.69 % while female literacy rate was 41.18 %.

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

Rapangpanggiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 287 162 125
Child (0-6) 58 35 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 282 161 121
Literacy 49.78 % 56.69 % 41.18 %
Total Workers 113 55 58
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 26 11 15

Caste Factor

In Rapangpanggiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.26 % of total population in Rapangpanggiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rapangpanggiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rapangpanggiri village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 76.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.