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Wachal Chiring Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wachal Chiring is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Wachal Chiring village has population of 149 of which 74 are males while 75 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wachal Chiring village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 22.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wachal Chiring village is 1014 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wachal Chiring as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wachal Chiring village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wachal Chiring village was 41.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wachal Chiring Male literacy stands at 40.35 % while female literacy rate was 43.10 %.

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

Wachal Chiring Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 149 74 75
Child (0-6) 34 17 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 149 74 75
Literacy 41.74 % 40.35 % 43.10 %
Total Workers 65 33 32
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Wachal Chiring village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 92.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.