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Upper Kharkutta Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Kharkutta is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Upper Kharkutta village has population of 350 of which 165 are males while 185 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Kharkutta village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 11.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Kharkutta village is 1121 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Kharkutta as per census is 1158, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Kharkutta village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Kharkutta village was 92.23 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Kharkutta Male literacy stands at 93.15 % while female literacy rate was 91.41 %.

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

Upper Kharkutta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 350 165 185
Child (0-6) 41 19 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 337 159 178
Literacy 92.23 % 93.15 % 91.41 %
Total Workers 268 131 137
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 227 99 128

Caste Factor

In Upper Kharkutta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.29 % of total population in Upper Kharkutta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Kharkutta village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Kharkutta village out of total population, 268 were engaged in work activities. 15.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 268 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.