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Rongkem Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rongkem is a medium size village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Rongkem village has population of 210 of which 116 are males while 94 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rongkem village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 23.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rongkem village is 810 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rongkem as per census is 690, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rongkem village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rongkem village was 75.16 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rongkem Male literacy stands at 79.31 % while female literacy rate was 70.27 %.

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

Rongkem Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 210 116 94
Child (0-6) 49 29 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 210 116 94
Literacy 75.16 % 79.31 % 70.27 %
Total Workers 83 44 39
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 37 7 30

Caste Factor

In Rongkem village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Rongkem village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rongkem village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rongkem village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 55.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.