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Chokpotgiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chokpotgiri is a medium size village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 258 families residing. The Chokpotgiri village has population of 1587 of which 803 are males while 784 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chokpotgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 249 which makes up 15.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chokpotgiri village is 976 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chokpotgiri as per census is 930, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chokpotgiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chokpotgiri village was 88.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chokpotgiri Male literacy stands at 90.36 % while female literacy rate was 87.05 %.

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

Chokpotgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,587 803 784
Child (0-6) 249 129 120
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,489 743 746
Literacy 88.71 % 90.36 % 87.05 %
Total Workers 1,007 535 472
Main Worker 328 - -
Marginal Worker 679 296 383

Caste Factor

In Chokpotgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.82 % of total population in Chokpotgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chokpotgiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chokpotgiri village out of total population, 1007 were engaged in work activities. 32.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1007 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.