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Sona Chiring Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Sona Chiring is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Sona Chiring village has population of 239 of which 125 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sona Chiring village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 20.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sona Chiring village is 912 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sona Chiring as per census is 1174, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sona Chiring village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sona Chiring village was 96.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sona Chiring Male literacy stands at 95.10 % while female literacy rate was 97.70 %.

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

Sona Chiring Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 239 125 114
Child (0-6) 50 23 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 229 120 109
Literacy 96.30 % 95.10 % 97.70 %
Total Workers 87 47 40
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 3 0 3

Caste Factor

In Sona Chiring village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.82 % of total population in Sona Chiring village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sona Chiring village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Sona Chiring village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 96.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.