Petchong Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Petchong is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Petchong village has population of 145 of which 69 are males while 76 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petchong village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 22.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petchong village is 1101 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Petchong as per census is 1538, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Petchong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Petchong village was 58.93 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Petchong Male literacy stands at 60.71 % while female literacy rate was 57.14 %.

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

Petchong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	23	-	-
Population	145	69	76
Child (0-6)	33	13	20
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	144	68	76
Literacy	58.93 %	60.71 %	57.14 %
Total Workers	84	43	41
Main Worker	51	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	18	15

Caste Factor

In Petchong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.31 % of total population in Petchong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Petchong village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Petchong village out of total population, 84 were engaged in work activities. 60.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 84 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.