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Bakanda Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bakanda is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Bakanda village has population of 180 of which 86 are males while 94 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 16.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakanda village is 1093 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakanda as per census is 765, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bakanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakanda village was 70.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bakanda Male literacy stands at 62.32 % while female literacy rate was 76.54 %.

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

Bakanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 180 86 94
Child (0-6) 30 17 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 180 86 94
Literacy 70.00 % 62.32 % 76.54 %
Total Workers 38 30 8
Main Worker 4 - -
Marginal Worker 34 28 6

Caste Factor

In Bakanda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Bakanda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bakanda village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bakanda village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 10.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.