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Cheran Songgitcham Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Cheran Songgitcham is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 76 families residing. The Cheran Songgitcham village has population of 310 of which 154 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cheran Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 20.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cheran Songgitcham village is 1013 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Cheran Songgitcham as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Cheran Songgitcham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Cheran Songgitcham village was 41.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Cheran Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 61.34 % while female literacy rate was 22.66 %.

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

Cheran Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 310 154 156
Child (0-6) 63 35 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 300 148 152
Literacy 41.30 % 61.34 % 22.66 %
Total Workers 181 90 91
Main Worker 181 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Cheran Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.77 % of total population in Cheran Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cheran Songgitcham village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Cheran Songgitcham village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.