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Kanchonkona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kanchonkona is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 159 families residing. The Kanchonkona village has population of 849 of which 431 are males while 418 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchonkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 15.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchonkona village is 970 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchonkona as per census is 956, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kanchonkona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchonkona village was 66.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kanchonkona Male literacy stands at 71.35 % while female literacy rate was 60.91 %.

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

Kanchonkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 849 431 418
Child (0-6) 133 68 65
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 835 422 413
Literacy 66.20 % 71.35 % 60.91 %
Total Workers 316 174 142
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 195 74 121

Caste Factor

In Kanchonkona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.35 % of total population in Kanchonkona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanchonkona village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kanchonkona village out of total population, 316 were engaged in work activities. 38.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 316 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.