Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Mekalpagiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Mekalpagiri is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 18 families residing. The Mekalpagiri village has population of 110 of which 53 are males while 57 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mekalpagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 12.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mekalpagiri village is 1075 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mekalpagiri as per census is 2500, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mekalpagiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mekalpagiri village was 82.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mekalpagiri Male literacy stands at 89.80 % while female literacy rate was 74.47 %.

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

Mekalpagiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 18 - -
Population 110 53 57
Child (0-6) 14 4 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 108 51 57
Literacy 82.29 % 89.80 % 74.47 %
Total Workers 47 21 26
Main Worker 46 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Mekalpagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.18 % of total population in Mekalpagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mekalpagiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Mekalpagiri village out of total population, 47 were engaged in work activities. 97.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 47 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.