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Meata Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Meata is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Meata village has population of 148 of which 72 are males while 76 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meata village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 27.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meata village is 1056 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Meata as per census is 1222, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Meata village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Meata village was 58.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Meata Male literacy stands at 64.81 % while female literacy rate was 51.85 %.

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

Meata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 148 72 76
Child (0-6) 40 18 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 144 69 75
Literacy 58.33 % 64.81 % 51.85 %
Total Workers 52 29 23
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Meata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.30 % of total population in Meata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meata village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Meata village out of total population, 52 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 52 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.