Rongbeng Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rongbeng is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 50 families residing. The Rongbeng village has population of 237 of which 120 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rongbeng village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 8.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rongbeng village is 975 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rongbeng as per census is 4250, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rongbeng village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rongbeng village was 95.37 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rongbeng Male literacy stands at 96.55 % while female literacy rate was 94.00 %.

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

Rongbeng Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	50	-	-
Population	237	120	117
Child (0-6)	21	4	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	232	116	116
Literacy	95.37 %	96.55 %	94.00 %
Total Workers	149	80	69
Main Worker	56	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	32	61

Caste Factor

In Rongbeng village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.89 % of total population in Rongbeng village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rongbeng village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rongbeng village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 37.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.