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Chenggalgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chenggalgre is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Chenggalgre village has population of 293 of which 150 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chenggalgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 20.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chenggalgre village is 953 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chenggalgre as per census is 935, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chenggalgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chenggalgre village was 52.79 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chenggalgre Male literacy stands at 63.03 % while female literacy rate was 42.11 %.

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

Chenggalgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 293 150 143
Child (0-6) 60 31 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 291 149 142
Literacy 52.79 % 63.03 % 42.11 %
Total Workers 169 86 83
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 14 4 10

Caste Factor

In Chenggalgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.32 % of total population in Chenggalgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chenggalgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chenggalgre village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 91.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.