Morkona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Morkona is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 65 families residing. The Morkona village has population of 253 of which 131 are males while 122 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Morkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 16.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Morkona village is 931 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Morkona as per census is 750, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Morkona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Morkona village was 70.14 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Morkona Male literacy stands at 83.18 % while female literacy rate was 56.73 %.

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

Morkona Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	65	-	-
Population	253	131	122
Child (0-6)	42	24	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	253	131	122
Literacy	70.14 %	83.18 %	56.73 %
Total Workers	127	63	64
Main Worker	72	-	-
Marginal Worker	55	0	55

Caste Factor

In Morkona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Morkona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Morkona village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Morkona village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 56.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.