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Mechelkhowa Population - Goalpara, Assam

Mechelkhowa is a medium size village located in Balijana Circle of Goalpara district, Assam with total 254 families residing. The Mechelkhowa village has population of 1327 of which 703 are males while 624 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mechelkhowa village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 15.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mechelkhowa village is 888 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Mechelkhowa as per census is 835, lower than Assam average of 962.

Mechelkhowa village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Mechelkhowa village was 83.32 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Mechelkhowa Male literacy stands at 86.70 % while female literacy rate was 79.55 %.

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

Mechelkhowa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,327 703 624
Child (0-6) 200 109 91
Schedule Caste 2 0 2
Schedule Tribe 1,239 653 586
Literacy 83.32 % 86.70 % 79.55 %
Total Workers 781 433 348
Main Worker 697 - -
Marginal Worker 84 32 52

Caste Factor

In Mechelkhowa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.15 % of total population in Mechelkhowa village.

Work Profile

In Mechelkhowa village out of total population, 781 were engaged in work activities. 89.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 781 workers engaged in Main Work, 258 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 349 were Agricultural labourer.