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Upper Nekkora Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Nekkora is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Upper Nekkora village has population of 158 of which 79 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Nekkora village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 19.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Nekkora village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Nekkora as per census is 1214, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Nekkora village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Nekkora village was 77.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Nekkora Male literacy stands at 86.15 % while female literacy rate was 69.35 %.

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

Upper Nekkora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 158 79 79
Child (0-6) 31 14 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 158 79 79
Literacy 77.95 % 86.15 % 69.35 %
Total Workers 47 35 12
Main Worker 12 - -
Marginal Worker 35 24 11

Caste Factor

In Upper Nekkora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Upper Nekkora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Nekkora village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Nekkora village out of total population, 47 were engaged in work activities. 25.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 47 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.