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Megam Ading Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Megam Ading is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Megam Ading village has population of 326 of which 173 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megam Ading village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 23.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megam Ading village is 884 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Megam Ading as per census is 1027, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Megam Ading village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Megam Ading village was 42.63 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Megam Ading Male literacy stands at 50.74 % while female literacy rate was 33.04 %.

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

Megam Ading Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 326 173 153
Child (0-6) 75 37 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 316 168 148
Literacy 42.63 % 50.74 % 33.04 %
Total Workers 136 72 64
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 127 63 64

Caste Factor

In Megam Ading village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.93 % of total population in Megam Ading village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Megam Ading village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Megam Ading village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 6.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.