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Akelgre Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Akelgre is a medium size village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 59 families residing. The Akelgre village has population of 268 of which 125 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akelgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 21.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akelgre village is 1144 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Akelgre as per census is 839, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Akelgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Akelgre village was 31.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Akelgre Male literacy stands at 47.87 % while female literacy rate was 17.95 %.

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

Akelgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 268 125 143
Child (0-6) 57 31 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 266 123 143
Literacy 31.28 % 47.87 % 17.95 %
Total Workers 78 56 22
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 20 1 19

Caste Factor

In Akelgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.25 % of total population in Akelgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Akelgre village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Akelgre village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 74.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.