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Wakantagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakantagre is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 103 families residing. The Wakantagre village has population of 610 of which 314 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakantagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakantagre village is 943 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakantagre as per census is 1522, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakantagre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakantagre village was 86.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakantagre Male literacy stands at 90.30 % while female literacy rate was 81.86 %.

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

Wakantagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 610 314 296
Child (0-6) 116 46 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 603 310 293
Literacy 86.44 % 90.30 % 81.86 %
Total Workers 308 168 140
Main Worker 270 - -
Marginal Worker 38 21 17

Caste Factor

In Wakantagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.85 % of total population in Wakantagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wakantagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wakantagre village out of total population, 308 were engaged in work activities. 87.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 308 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.