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Retegre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Retegre is a small village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Retegre village has population of 112 of which 53 are males while 59 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Retegre village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 15.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Retegre village is 1113 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Retegre as per census is 1429, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Retegre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Retegre village was 42.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Retegre Male literacy stands at 54.35 % while female literacy rate was 30.61 %.

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

Retegre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 112 53 59
Child (0-6) 17 7 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 110 52 58
Literacy 42.11 % 54.35 % 30.61 %
Total Workers 60 26 34
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 16 2 14

Caste Factor

In Retegre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.21 % of total population in Retegre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Retegre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Retegre village out of total population, 60 were engaged in work activities. 73.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 60 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.