Gongrang Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gongrang is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 81 families residing. The Gongrang village has population of 456 of which 252 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gongrang village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 22.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gongrang village is 810 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gongrang as per census is 552, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gongrang village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gongrang village was 51.14 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gongrang Male literacy stands at 63.24 % while female literacy rate was 37.72 %.

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

Gongrang Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	81	-	-
Population	456	252	204
Child (0-6)	104	67	37
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	440	243	197
Literacy	51.14 %	63.24 %	37.72 %
Total Workers	207	103	104
Main Worker	119	-	-
Marginal Worker	88	11	77

Caste Factor

In Gongrang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.49 % of total population in Gongrang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gongrang village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gongrang village out of total population, 207 were engaged in work activities. 57.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 207 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.