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Upper Rongjeng Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Rongjeng is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 171 families residing. The Upper Rongjeng village has population of 1015 of which 517 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Rongjeng village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 14.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Rongjeng village is 963 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Rongjeng as per census is 1239, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Rongjeng village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Rongjeng village was 92.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Rongjeng Male literacy stands at 92.89 % while female literacy rate was 92.05 %.

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

Upper Rongjeng Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 171 - -
Population 1,015 517 498
Child (0-6) 150 67 83
Schedule Caste 4 4 0
Schedule Tribe 946 479 467
Literacy 92.49 % 92.89 % 92.05 %
Total Workers 282 189 93
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 58 30 28

Caste Factor

In Upper Rongjeng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.39 % of total population in Upper Rongjeng village.

Work Profile

In Upper Rongjeng village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 79.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.