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Bakjek Songgitcham Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bakjek Songgitcham is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 76 families residing. The Bakjek Songgitcham village has population of 405 of which 195 are males while 210 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakjek Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 21.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakjek Songgitcham village is 1077 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakjek Songgitcham as per census is 1342, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bakjek Songgitcham village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakjek Songgitcham village was 81.01 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bakjek Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 88.54 % while female literacy rate was 73.58 %.

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

Bakjek Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 405 195 210
Child (0-6) 89 38 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 402 192 210
Literacy 81.01 % 88.54 % 73.58 %
Total Workers 177 84 93
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Bakjek Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.26 % of total population in Bakjek Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bakjek Songgitcham village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bakjek Songgitcham village out of total population, 177 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 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.