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Potchismile Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Potchismile is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Potchismile village has population of 176 of which 84 are males while 92 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potchismile village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 14.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potchismile village is 1095 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Potchismile as per census is 1364, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Potchismile village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Potchismile village was 88.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Potchismile Male literacy stands at 87.67 % while female literacy rate was 88.31 %.

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

Potchismile Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 176 84 92
Child (0-6) 26 11 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 174 83 91
Literacy 88.00 % 87.67 % 88.31 %
Total Workers 28 23 5
Main Worker 27 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Potchismile village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Potchismile village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Potchismile village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Potchismile village out of total population, 28 were engaged in work activities. 96.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 28 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.