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Lower Nekora Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Nekora is a medium size village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 104 families residing. The Lower Nekora village has population of 581 of which 300 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Nekora village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 19.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Nekora village is 937 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Nekora as per census is 850, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Nekora village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Nekora village was 93.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Nekora Male literacy stands at 95.42 % while female literacy rate was 92.17 %.

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

Lower Nekora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 581 300 281
Child (0-6) 111 60 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 547 281 266
Literacy 93.83 % 95.42 % 92.17 %
Total Workers 132 116 16
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 76 65 11

Caste Factor

In Lower Nekora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.15 % of total population in Lower Nekora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Nekora village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Nekora village out of total population, 132 were engaged in work activities. 42.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 132 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.