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Sandong Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Sandong is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Sandong village has population of 117 of which 57 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandong village population of children with age 0-6 is 3 which makes up 2.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandong village is 1053 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandong as per census is 0, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sandong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandong village was 84.21 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sandong Male literacy stands at 87.04 % while female literacy rate was 81.67 %.

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

Sandong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 117 57 60
Child (0-6) 3 3 0
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 117 57 60
Literacy 84.21 % 87.04 % 81.67 %
Total Workers 33 24 9
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

In Sandong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Sandong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sandong village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Sandong village out of total population, 33 were engaged in work activities. 75.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 33 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.