Chekwatgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chekwatgre is a small village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Chekwatgre village has population of 149 of which 76 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chekwatgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 17.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chekwatgre village is 961 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chekwatgre as per census is 625, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chekwatgre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chekwatgre village was 85.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chekwatgre Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 80.95 %.

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

Chekwatgre Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	149	76	73
Child (0-6)	26	16	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	146	76	70
Literacy	85.37 %	90.00 %	80.95 %
Total Workers	65	32	33
Main Worker	37	-	-
Marginal Worker	28	2	26

Caste Factor

In Chekwatgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.99 % of total population in Chekwatgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chekwatgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chekwatgre village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 56.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.