Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Songsak Jarepa Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Songsak Jarepa is a medium size village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Songsak Jarepa village has population of 345 of which 172 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Songsak Jarepa village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 18.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Songsak Jarepa village is 1006 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Songsak Jarepa as per census is 882, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Songsak Jarepa village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Songsak Jarepa village was 71.17 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Songsak Jarepa Male literacy stands at 71.74 % while female literacy rate was 70.63 %.

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

Songsak Jarepa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 345 172 173
Child (0-6) 64 34 30
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 336 170 166
Literacy 71.17 % 71.74 % 70.63 %
Total Workers 150 71 79
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 62 4 58

Caste Factor

In Songsak Jarepa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.39 % of total population in Songsak Jarepa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Songsak Jarepa village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Songsak Jarepa village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 58.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.