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Mengkakgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Mengkakgre is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Mengkakgre village has population of 272 of which 141 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mengkakgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 14.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mengkakgre village is 929 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mengkakgre as per census is 667, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mengkakgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mengkakgre village was 47.84 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mengkakgre Male literacy stands at 52.99 % while female literacy rate was 42.61 %.

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

Mengkakgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 272 141 131
Child (0-6) 40 24 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 269 140 129
Literacy 47.84 % 52.99 % 42.61 %
Total Workers 166 83 83
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 60 32 28

Caste Factor

In Mengkakgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.90 % of total population in Mengkakgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mengkakgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Mengkakgre village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 63.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.