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Chachinat Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chachinat is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 64 families residing. The Chachinat village has population of 372 of which 181 are males while 191 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chachinat village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 19.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chachinat village is 1055 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chachinat as per census is 1517, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chachinat village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chachinat village was 82.94 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chachinat Male literacy stands at 88.82 % while female literacy rate was 76.87 %.

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

Chachinat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 372 181 191
Child (0-6) 73 29 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 365 179 186
Literacy 82.94 % 88.82 % 76.87 %
Total Workers 166 85 81
Main Worker 143 - -
Marginal Worker 23 13 10

Caste Factor

In Chachinat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.12 % of total population in Chachinat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chachinat village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chachinat village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 86.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.