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Gare Songmong Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gare Songmong is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 115 families residing. The Gare Songmong village has population of 622 of which 337 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gare Songmong village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 23.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gare Songmong village is 846 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gare Songmong as per census is 802, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gare Songmong village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gare Songmong village was 68.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gare Songmong Male literacy stands at 73.44 % while female literacy rate was 62.27 %.

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

Gare Songmong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 622 337 285
Child (0-6) 146 81 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 576 310 266
Literacy 68.28 % 73.44 % 62.27 %
Total Workers 271 168 103
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 111 18 93

Caste Factor

In Gare Songmong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.60 % of total population in Gare Songmong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gare Songmong village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gare Songmong village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 59.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.