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Fakirkona Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Fakirkona is a medium size village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 86 families residing. The Fakirkona village has population of 463 of which 249 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Fakirkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 17.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Fakirkona village is 859 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Fakirkona as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Fakirkona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Fakirkona village was 59.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Fakirkona Male literacy stands at 59.31 % while female literacy rate was 59.55 %.

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

Fakirkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 463 249 214
Child (0-6) 81 45 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 441 228 213
Literacy 59.42 % 59.31 % 59.55 %
Total Workers 227 132 95
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 5 2 3

Caste Factor

In Fakirkona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.25 % of total population in Fakirkona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Fakirkona village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Fakirkona village out of total population, 227 were engaged in work activities. 97.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 227 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.