Saptoka Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Saptoka is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 108 families residing. The Saptoka village has population of 489 of which 250 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saptoka village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 11.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saptoka village is 956 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Saptoka as per census is 897, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Saptoka village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Saptoka village was 70.05 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Saptoka Male literacy stands at 79.64 % while female literacy rate was 60.09 %.

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

Saptoka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	108	-	-
Population	489	250	239
Child (0-6)	55	29	26
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	483	247	236
Literacy	70.05 %	79.64 %	60.09 %
Total Workers	174	137	37
Main Worker	153	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	8	13

Caste Factor

In Saptoka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.77 % of total population in Saptoka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Saptoka village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Saptoka village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 87.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.