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Gra Songgitcham Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gra Songgitcham is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 62 families residing. The Gra Songgitcham village has population of 279 of which 139 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gra Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 20.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gra Songgitcham village is 1007 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gra Songgitcham as per census is 900, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gra Songgitcham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gra Songgitcham village was 58.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gra Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 74.31 % while female literacy rate was 42.48 %.

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

Gra Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 279 139 140
Child (0-6) 57 30 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 272 133 139
Literacy 58.11 % 74.31 % 42.48 %
Total Workers 70 57 13
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Gra Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.49 % of total population in Gra Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gra Songgitcham village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gra Songgitcham village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 94.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.