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Jongkigittim Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongkigittim is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Jongkigittim village has population of 458 of which 224 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongkigittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 20.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongkigittim village is 1045 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongkigittim as per census is 918, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongkigittim village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongkigittim village was 57.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongkigittim Male literacy stands at 60.00 % while female literacy rate was 55.03 %.

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

Jongkigittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 458 224 234
Child (0-6) 94 49 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 451 220 231
Literacy 57.42 % 60.00 % 55.03 %
Total Workers 323 152 171
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 63 28 35

Caste Factor

In Jongkigittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.47 % of total population in Jongkigittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongkigittim village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongkigittim village out of total population, 323 were engaged in work activities. 80.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 323 workers engaged in Main Work, 255 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.