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Kentra Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kentra is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 24 families residing. The Kentra village has population of 140 of which 68 are males while 72 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kentra village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 11.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kentra village is 1059 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kentra as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kentra village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kentra village was 83.06 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kentra Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 76.56 %.

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

Kentra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 140 68 72
Child (0-6) 16 8 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 139 68 71
Literacy 83.06 % 90.00 % 76.56 %
Total Workers 101 51 50
Main Worker 7 - -
Marginal Worker 94 46 48

Caste Factor

In Kentra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.29 % of total population in Kentra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kentra village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kentra village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 6.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.