Matchakol Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matchakol is a medium size village located in Resubelpara Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 77 families residing. The Matchakol village has population of 420 of which 220 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matchakol village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 16.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matchakol village is 909 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matchakol as per census is 700, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matchakol village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matchakol village was 70.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matchakol Male literacy stands at 72.22 % while female literacy rate was 69.19 %.

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

Matchakol Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	77	-	-
Population	420	220	200
Child (0-6)	68	40	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	392	209	183
Literacy	70.74 %	72.22 %	69.19 %
Total Workers	274	139	135
Main Worker	185	-	-
Marginal Worker	89	46	43

Caste Factor

In Matchakol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.33 % of total population in Matchakol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matchakol village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Matchakol village out of total population, 274 were engaged in work activities. 67.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 274 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.