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Kanchimik Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kanchimik is a small village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Kanchimik village has population of 155 of which 82 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchimik village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 23.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchimik village is 890 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchimik as per census is 1250, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kanchimik village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchimik village was 49.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kanchimik Male literacy stands at 57.58 % while female literacy rate was 39.62 %.

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

Kanchimik Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 155 82 73
Child (0-6) 36 16 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 146 78 68
Literacy 49.58 % 57.58 % 39.62 %
Total Workers 66 35 31
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 8 5 3

Caste Factor

In Kanchimik village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.19 % of total population in Kanchimik village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanchimik village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kanchimik village out of total population, 66 were engaged in work activities. 87.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 66 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.