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Megagre Songgitcham Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Megagre Songgitcham is a medium size village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Megagre Songgitcham village has population of 231 of which 123 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megagre Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 19.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megagre Songgitcham village is 878 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Megagre Songgitcham as per census is 552, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Megagre Songgitcham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Megagre Songgitcham village was 68.82 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Megagre Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 80.85 % while female literacy rate was 56.52 %.

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

Megagre Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 231 123 108
Child (0-6) 45 29 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 230 123 107
Literacy 68.82 % 80.85 % 56.52 %
Total Workers 67 55 12
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 14 11 3

Caste Factor

In Megagre Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.57 % of total population in Megagre Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Megagre Songgitcham village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Megagre Songgitcham village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 79.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.