Somkong Population - Dhemaji, Assam

Somkong is a small village located in Jonai Circle of Dhemaji district, Assam with total 25 families residing. The Somkong village has population of 164 of which 80 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Somkong village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 17.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Somkong village is 1050 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Somkong as per census is 1071, higher than Assam average of 962.

Somkong village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Somkong village was 68.89 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Somkong Male literacy stands at 77.27 % while female literacy rate was 60.87 %.

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

Somkong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	25	-	-
Population	164	80	84
Child (0-6)	29	14	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	157	76	81
Literacy	68.89 %	77.27 %	60.87 %
Total Workers	103	54	49
Main Worker	67	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	16	20

Caste Factor

In Somkong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.73 % of total population in Somkong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Somkong village of Dhemaji.

Work Profile

In Somkong village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 65.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.