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Kongthong Population - East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Kongthong is a medium size village located in Khatarshnong Laitkroh Block of East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 109 families residing. The Kongthong village has population of 567 of which 275 are males while 292 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kongthong village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 20.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kongthong village is 1062 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kongthong as per census is 887, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kongthong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kongthong village was 69.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kongthong Male literacy stands at 62.91 % while female literacy rate was 75.11 %.

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

Kongthong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 567 275 292
Child (0-6) 117 62 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 567 275 292
Literacy 69.33 % 62.91 % 75.11 %
Total Workers 275 166 109
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 25 13 12

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kongthong village out of total population, 275 were engaged in work activities. 90.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 275 workers engaged in Main Work, 223 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.