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Lower Kharkutta Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Kharkutta is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Lower Kharkutta village has population of 363 of which 201 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Kharkutta village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 9.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Kharkutta village is 806 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Kharkutta as per census is 636, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Kharkutta village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Kharkutta village was 99.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Kharkutta Male literacy stands at 99.44 % while female literacy rate was 98.65 %.

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

Lower Kharkutta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 363 201 162
Child (0-6) 36 22 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 353 196 157
Literacy 99.08 % 99.44 % 98.65 %
Total Workers 88 64 24
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 35 27 8

Caste Factor

In Lower Kharkutta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.25 % of total population in Lower Kharkutta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Kharkutta village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Kharkutta village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 60.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.