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Asanang Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Asanang is a medium size village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 129 families residing. The Asanang village has population of 699 of which 336 are males while 363 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asanang village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 13.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asanang village is 1080 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Asanang as per census is 1064, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Asanang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Asanang village was 89.87 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Asanang Male literacy stands at 93.08 % while female literacy rate was 86.90 %.

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

Asanang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 699 336 363
Child (0-6) 97 47 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 693 334 359
Literacy 89.87 % 93.08 % 86.90 %
Total Workers 296 155 141
Main Worker 142 - -
Marginal Worker 154 74 80

Caste Factor

In Asanang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.14 % of total population in Asanang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Asanang village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Asanang village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 47.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.