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Chigitchakgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chigitchakgre is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Chigitchakgre village has population of 332 of which 167 are males while 165 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chigitchakgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 20.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chigitchakgre village is 988 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chigitchakgre as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chigitchakgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chigitchakgre village was 52.27 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chigitchakgre Male literacy stands at 63.91 % while female literacy rate was 40.46 %.

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

Chigitchakgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 332 167 165
Child (0-6) 68 34 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 326 164 162
Literacy 52.27 % 63.91 % 40.46 %
Total Workers 195 97 98
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 25 13 12

Caste Factor

In Chigitchakgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.19 % of total population in Chigitchakgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chigitchakgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chigitchakgre village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 87.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.