Chengjhora Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chengjhora is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 39 families residing. The Chengjhora village has population of 160 of which 84 are males while 76 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chengjhora village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 15.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chengjhora village is 905 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chengjhora as per census is 714, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chengjhora village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chengjhora village was 44.85 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chengjhora Male literacy stands at 51.43 % while female literacy rate was 37.88 %.

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

Chengjhora Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	39	-	-
Population	160	84	76
Child (0-6)	24	14	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	156	82	74
Literacy	44.85 %	51.43 %	37.88 %
Total Workers	102	53	49
Main Worker	43	-	-
Marginal Worker	59	15	44

Caste Factor

In Chengjhora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.50 % of total population in Chengjhora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chengjhora village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chengjhora village out of total population, 102 were engaged in work activities. 42.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 102 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.