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Rongchenggiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rongchenggiri is a medium size village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 35 families residing. The Rongchenggiri village has population of 230 of which 111 are males while 119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rongchenggiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 24.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rongchenggiri village is 1072 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rongchenggiri as per census is 931, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rongchenggiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rongchenggiri village was 20.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rongchenggiri Male literacy stands at 28.05 % while female literacy rate was 13.04 %.

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

Rongchenggiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 230 111 119
Child (0-6) 56 29 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 230 111 119
Literacy 20.11 % 28.05 % 13.04 %
Total Workers 56 44 12
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 10 6 4

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Rongchenggiri village out of total population, 56 were engaged in work activities. 82.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 56 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.