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Rakuma Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rakuma is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 66 families residing. The Rakuma village has population of 348 of which 168 are males while 180 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakuma village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 27.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakuma village is 1071 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakuma as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rakuma village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakuma village was 40.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rakuma Male literacy stands at 43.22 % while female literacy rate was 38.52 %.

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

Rakuma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 348 168 180
Child (0-6) 95 50 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 337 162 175
Literacy 40.71 % 43.22 % 38.52 %
Total Workers 156 76 80
Main Worker 76 - -
Marginal Worker 80 9 71

Caste Factor

In Rakuma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.84 % of total population in Rakuma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rakuma village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rakuma village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 48.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.