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Wakgitcho Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakgitcho is a small village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Wakgitcho village has population of 114 of which 56 are males while 58 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakgitcho village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 17.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakgitcho village is 1036 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakgitcho as per census is 818, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakgitcho village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakgitcho village was 58.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakgitcho Male literacy stands at 68.89 % while female literacy rate was 48.98 %.

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

Wakgitcho Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 114 56 58
Child (0-6) 20 11 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 113 56 57
Literacy 58.51 % 68.89 % 48.98 %
Total Workers 52 25 27
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 19 1 18

Caste Factor

In Wakgitcho village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.12 % of total population in Wakgitcho village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wakgitcho village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wakgitcho village out of total population, 52 were engaged in work activities. 63.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 52 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.