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Chekwegittim Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chekwegittim is a small village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 32 families residing. The Chekwegittim village has population of 149 of which 70 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chekwegittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 14.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chekwegittim village is 1129 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chekwegittim as per census is 1100, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chekwegittim village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chekwegittim village was 63.28 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chekwegittim Male literacy stands at 56.67 % while female literacy rate was 69.12 %.

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

Chekwegittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 149 70 79
Child (0-6) 21 10 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 140 64 76
Literacy 63.28 % 56.67 % 69.12 %
Total Workers 39 33 6
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Chekwegittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.96 % of total population in Chekwegittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chekwegittim village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chekwegittim village out of total population, 39 were engaged in work activities. 92.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 39 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.