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Kantaragre Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kantaragre is a small village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Kantaragre village has population of 186 of which 99 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantaragre village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 18.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantaragre village is 879 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantaragre as per census is 842, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kantaragre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantaragre village was 67.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kantaragre Male literacy stands at 73.75 % while female literacy rate was 60.56 %.

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

Kantaragre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 186 99 87
Child (0-6) 35 19 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 185 98 87
Literacy 67.55 % 73.75 % 60.56 %
Total Workers 140 75 65
Main Worker 101 - -
Marginal Worker 39 19 20

Caste Factor

In Kantaragre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.46 % of total population in Kantaragre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kantaragre village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kantaragre village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 72.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.