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Chotcholja Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chotcholja is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 258 families residing. The Chotcholja village has population of 1462 of which 696 are males while 766 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chotcholja village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 13.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chotcholja village is 1101 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chotcholja as per census is 1061, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chotcholja village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chotcholja village was 87.22 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chotcholja Male literacy stands at 88.13 % while female literacy rate was 86.40 %.

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

Chotcholja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,462 696 766
Child (0-6) 202 98 104
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,425 673 752
Literacy 87.22 % 88.13 % 86.40 %
Total Workers 532 303 229
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 266 89 177

Caste Factor

In Chotcholja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.47 % of total population in Chotcholja village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chotcholja village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chotcholja village out of total population, 532 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 532 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.