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Matchakol Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matchakol is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 23 families residing. The Matchakol village has population of 167 of which 104 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matchakol village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 16.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matchakol village is 606 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matchakol as per census is 1077, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matchakol village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matchakol village was 78.57 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matchakol Male literacy stands at 86.81 % while female literacy rate was 63.27 %.

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

Matchakol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 167 104 63
Child (0-6) 27 13 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 128 65 63
Literacy 78.57 % 86.81 % 63.27 %
Total Workers 100 69 31
Main Worker 72 - -
Marginal Worker 28 1 27

Caste Factor

In Matchakol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.65 % of total population in Matchakol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matchakol village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Matchakol village out of total population, 100 were engaged in work activities. 72.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 100 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.