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Jalwagiri Songgitcham Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jalwagiri Songgitcham is a small village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Jalwagiri Songgitcham village has population of 150 of which 76 are males while 74 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalwagiri Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 29.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalwagiri Songgitcham village is 974 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalwagiri Songgitcham as per census is 913, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jalwagiri Songgitcham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalwagiri Songgitcham village was 19.81 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jalwagiri Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 28.30 % while female literacy rate was 11.32 %.

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

Jalwagiri Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 150 76 74
Child (0-6) 44 23 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 149 75 74
Literacy 19.81 % 28.30 % 11.32 %
Total Workers 42 35 7
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 13 8 5

Caste Factor

In Jalwagiri Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.33 % of total population in Jalwagiri Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jalwagiri Songgitcham village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jalwagiri Songgitcham village out of total population, 42 were engaged in work activities. 69.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 42 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.