Tokonchi Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tokonchi is a small village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Tokonchi village has population of 177 of which 90 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tokonchi village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 29.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tokonchi village is 967 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tokonchi as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tokonchi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tokonchi village was 71.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tokonchi Male literacy stands at 70.31 % while female literacy rate was 72.13 %.

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

Tokonchi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	177	90	87
Child (0-6)	52	26	26
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	168	86	82
Literacy	71.20 %	70.31 %	72.13 %
Total Workers	120	59	61
Main Worker	33	-	-
Marginal Worker	87	29	58

Caste Factor

In Tokonchi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.92 % of total population in Tokonchi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tokonchi village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tokonchi village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 27.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.