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Lower Katongger Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Katongger is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Lower Katongger village has population of 212 of which 100 are males while 112 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Katongger village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 19.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Katongger village is 1120 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Katongger as per census is 1333, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Katongger village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Katongger village was 50.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Katongger Male literacy stands at 57.32 % while female literacy rate was 43.18 %.

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

Lower Katongger Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 212 100 112
Child (0-6) 42 18 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 210 98 112
Literacy 50.00 % 57.32 % 43.18 %
Total Workers 100 47 53
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 13 9 4

Caste Factor

In Lower Katongger village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.06 % of total population in Lower Katongger village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Katongger village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Katongger village out of total population, 100 were engaged in work activities. 87.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 100 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.