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Lower Mendal Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Mendal is a small village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Lower Mendal village has population of 194 of which 83 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Mendal village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 14.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Mendal village is 1337 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Mendal as per census is 1636, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Mendal village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Mendal village was 74.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Mendal Male literacy stands at 77.78 % while female literacy rate was 72.04 %.

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

Lower Mendal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 194 83 111
Child (0-6) 29 11 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 193 83 110
Literacy 74.55 % 77.78 % 72.04 %
Total Workers 75 37 38
Main Worker 55 - -
Marginal Worker 20 5 15

Caste Factor

In Lower Mendal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.48 % of total population in Lower Mendal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Mendal village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Mendal village out of total population, 75 were engaged in work activities. 73.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 75 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.