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Murchapani Koch Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Murchapani Koch is a small village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 36 families residing. The Murchapani Koch village has population of 170 of which 86 are males while 84 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Murchapani Koch village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 17.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Murchapani Koch village is 977 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Murchapani Koch as per census is 611, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Murchapani Koch village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Murchapani Koch village was 56.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Murchapani Koch Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 39.73 %.

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

Murchapani Koch Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 170 86 84
Child (0-6) 29 18 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 169 85 84
Literacy 56.74 % 75.00 % 39.73 %
Total Workers 99 46 53
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 57 7 50

Caste Factor

In Murchapani Koch village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.41 % of total population in Murchapani Koch village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Murchapani Koch village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Murchapani Koch village out of total population, 99 were engaged in work activities. 42.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 99 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.