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Wakso Chirongban Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakso Chirongban is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Wakso Chirongban village has population of 219 of which 114 are males while 105 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakso Chirongban village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 13.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakso Chirongban village is 921 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakso Chirongban as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakso Chirongban village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakso Chirongban village was 50.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakso Chirongban Male literacy stands at 59.60 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Wakso Chirongban Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 219 114 105
Child (0-6) 30 15 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 209 109 100
Literacy 50.26 % 59.60 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 9 5 4
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Wakso Chirongban village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.43 % of total population in Wakso Chirongban village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wakso Chirongban village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wakso Chirongban village out of total population, 9 were engaged in work activities. 66.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 9 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.