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Tengasot Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tengasot is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 61 families residing. The Tengasot village has population of 352 of which 203 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tengasot village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 24.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tengasot village is 734 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tengasot as per census is 667, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tengasot village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tengasot village was 82.77 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tengasot Male literacy stands at 85.53 % while female literacy rate was 79.13 %.

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

Tengasot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 352 203 149
Child (0-6) 85 51 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 343 199 144
Literacy 82.77 % 85.53 % 79.13 %
Total Workers 197 105 92
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 178 93 85

Caste Factor

In Tengasot village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.44 % of total population in Tengasot village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tengasot village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tengasot village out of total population, 197 were engaged in work activities. 9.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.