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Gara Songgital Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gara Songgital is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Gara Songgital village has population of 265 of which 126 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gara Songgital village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 23.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gara Songgital village is 1103 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gara Songgital as per census is 1542, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gara Songgital village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gara Songgital village was 79.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gara Songgital Male literacy stands at 86.27 % while female literacy rate was 73.53 %.

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

Gara Songgital Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 265 126 139
Child (0-6) 61 24 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 258 121 137
Literacy 79.90 % 86.27 % 73.53 %
Total Workers 96 42 54
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Gara Songgital village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.36 % of total population in Gara Songgital village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gara Songgital village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gara Songgital village out of total population, 96 were engaged in work activities. 98.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 96 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.