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Matchadu Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matchadu is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 38 families residing. The Matchadu village has population of 214 of which 110 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matchadu village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 22.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matchadu village is 945 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matchadu as per census is 1087, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matchadu village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matchadu village was 74.70 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matchadu Male literacy stands at 72.41 % while female literacy rate was 77.22 %.

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

Matchadu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 214 110 104
Child (0-6) 48 23 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 199 102 97
Literacy 74.70 % 72.41 % 77.22 %
Total Workers 122 64 58
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 22 11 11

Caste Factor

In Matchadu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.99 % of total population in Matchadu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matchadu village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Matchadu village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 81.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.