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Upper Kentra Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Kentra is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Upper Kentra village has population of 125 of which 66 are males while 59 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Kentra village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 16.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Kentra village is 894 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Kentra as per census is 667, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Kentra village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Kentra village was 89.52 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Kentra Male literacy stands at 92.59 % while female literacy rate was 86.27 %.

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

Upper Kentra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 125 66 59
Child (0-6) 20 12 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 122 64 58
Literacy 89.52 % 92.59 % 86.27 %
Total Workers 76 41 35
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 71 36 35

Caste Factor

In Upper Kentra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.60 % of total population in Upper Kentra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Kentra village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Kentra village out of total population, 76 were engaged in work activities. 6.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 76 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.