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Kaldong Songma Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kaldong Songma is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Kaldong Songma village has population of 480 of which 243 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaldong Songma village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaldong Songma village is 975 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaldong Songma as per census is 886, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kaldong Songma village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaldong Songma village was 87.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kaldong Songma Male literacy stands at 87.02 % while female literacy rate was 88.83 %.

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

Kaldong Songma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 480 243 237
Child (0-6) 66 35 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 479 242 237
Literacy 87.92 % 87.02 % 88.83 %
Total Workers 351 170 181
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 165 87 78

Caste Factor

In Kaldong Songma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Kaldong Songma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kaldong Songma village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kaldong Songma village out of total population, 351 were engaged in work activities. 52.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 351 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.