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Rongpetchi Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rongpetchi is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 64 families residing. The Rongpetchi village has population of 318 of which 159 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rongpetchi village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 18.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rongpetchi village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rongpetchi as per census is 1069, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rongpetchi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rongpetchi village was 82.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rongpetchi Male literacy stands at 83.85 % while female literacy rate was 81.25 %.

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

Rongpetchi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 318 159 159
Child (0-6) 60 29 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 312 158 154
Literacy 82.56 % 83.85 % 81.25 %
Total Workers 113 71 42
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 58 18 40

Caste Factor

In Rongpetchi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.11 % of total population in Rongpetchi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rongpetchi village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rongpetchi village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 48.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.