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Bongbanchi Songma Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bongbanchi Songma is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Bongbanchi Songma village has population of 281 of which 151 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bongbanchi Songma village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 19.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bongbanchi Songma village is 861 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bongbanchi Songma as per census is 688, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bongbanchi Songma village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bongbanchi Songma village was 54.19 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bongbanchi Songma Male literacy stands at 58.82 % while female literacy rate was 49.07 %.

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

Bongbanchi Songma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 281 151 130
Child (0-6) 54 32 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 277 149 128
Literacy 54.19 % 58.82 % 49.07 %
Total Workers 111 55 56
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 48 4 44

Caste Factor

In Bongbanchi Songma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.58 % of total population in Bongbanchi Songma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bongbanchi Songma village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bongbanchi Songma village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 56.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.