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Merongdik Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Merongdik is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Merongdik village has population of 209 of which 117 are males while 92 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merongdik village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 24.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merongdik village is 786 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Merongdik as per census is 857, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Merongdik village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Merongdik village was 59.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Merongdik Male literacy stands at 65.17 % while female literacy rate was 51.47 %.

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

Merongdik Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 209 117 92
Child (0-6) 52 28 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 207 116 91
Literacy 59.24 % 65.17 % 51.47 %
Total Workers 79 39 40
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 34 1 33

Caste Factor

In Merongdik village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.04 % of total population in Merongdik village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Merongdik village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Merongdik village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 56.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.