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Medu Hawe Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Medu Hawe is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Medu Hawe village has population of 179 of which 83 are males while 96 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Medu Hawe village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 20.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Medu Hawe village is 1157 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Medu Hawe as per census is 1467, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Medu Hawe village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Medu Hawe village was 27.46 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Medu Hawe Male literacy stands at 35.29 % while female literacy rate was 20.27 %.

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

Medu Hawe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 179 83 96
Child (0-6) 37 15 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 178 83 95
Literacy 27.46 % 35.29 % 20.27 %
Total Workers 136 66 70
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 49 20 29

Caste Factor

In Medu Hawe village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.44 % of total population in Medu Hawe village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Medu Hawe village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Medu Hawe village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 63.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.