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Lower Rongbu Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Rongbu is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 129 families residing. The Lower Rongbu village has population of 704 of which 362 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Rongbu village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 18.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Rongbu village is 945 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Rongbu as per census is 896, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Rongbu village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Rongbu village was 76.60 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Rongbu Male literacy stands at 79.32 % while female literacy rate was 73.76 %.

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

Lower Rongbu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 704 362 342
Child (0-6) 127 67 60
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 690 356 334
Literacy 76.60 % 79.32 % 73.76 %
Total Workers 315 181 134
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 130 15 115

Caste Factor

In Lower Rongbu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.01 % of total population in Lower Rongbu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Rongbu village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Rongbu village out of total population, 315 were engaged in work activities. 58.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 315 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.