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Jarangkona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jarangkona is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 82 families residing. The Jarangkona village has population of 522 of which 248 are males while 274 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarangkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 16.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarangkona village is 1105 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarangkona as per census is 872, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jarangkona village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarangkona village was 93.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jarangkona Male literacy stands at 93.53 % while female literacy rate was 93.56 %.

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

Jarangkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 522 248 274
Child (0-6) 88 47 41
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 506 241 265
Literacy 93.55 % 93.53 % 93.56 %
Total Workers 188 91 97
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 32 14 18

Caste Factor

In Jarangkona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.93 % of total population in Jarangkona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jarangkona village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jarangkona village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 82.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.