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Wage Kona Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wage Kona is a medium size village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Wage Kona village has population of 233 of which 109 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wage Kona village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 17.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wage Kona village is 1138 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wage Kona as per census is 1500, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wage Kona village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wage Kona village was 84.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wage Kona Male literacy stands at 84.95 % while female literacy rate was 85.00 %.

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

Wage Kona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 233 109 124
Child (0-6) 40 16 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 231 107 124
Literacy 84.97 % 84.95 % 85.00 %
Total Workers 122 64 58
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

In Wage Kona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.14 % of total population in Wage Kona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wage Kona village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wage Kona village out of total population, 122 were engaged in work activities. 98.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 122 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.