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Wakjapakre Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakjapakre is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Wakjapakre village has population of 124 of which 63 are males while 61 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakjapakre village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 23.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakjapakre village is 968 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakjapakre as per census is 813, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakjapakre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakjapakre village was 60.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakjapakre Male literacy stands at 70.21 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Wakjapakre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 124 63 61
Child (0-6) 29 16 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 124 63 61
Literacy 60.00 % 70.21 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 58 30 28
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Wakjapakre village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.