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Chengkali Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chengkali is a medium size village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 86 families residing. The Chengkali village has population of 498 of which 255 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chengkali village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 15.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chengkali village is 953 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chengkali as per census is 727, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chengkali village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chengkali village was 78.67 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chengkali Male literacy stands at 85.31 % while female literacy rate was 72.04 %.

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

Chengkali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 498 255 243
Child (0-6) 76 44 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 469 236 233
Literacy 78.67 % 85.31 % 72.04 %
Total Workers 174 104 70
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 62 25 37

Caste Factor

In Chengkali village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.18 % of total population in Chengkali village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chengkali village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chengkali village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 64.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.