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Gangchikalak Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gangchikalak is a medium size village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Gangchikalak village has population of 214 of which 106 are males while 108 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangchikalak village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangchikalak village is 1019 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangchikalak as per census is 1143, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gangchikalak village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangchikalak village was 86.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gangchikalak Male literacy stands at 89.13 % while female literacy rate was 84.78 %.

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

Gangchikalak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 214 106 108
Child (0-6) 30 14 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 199 101 98
Literacy 86.96 % 89.13 % 84.78 %
Total Workers 68 49 19
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 7 0 7

Caste Factor

In Gangchikalak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.99 % of total population in Gangchikalak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gangchikalak village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gangchikalak village out of total population, 68 were engaged in work activities. 89.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 68 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.