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Wakka Kama Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakka Kama is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 51 families residing. The Wakka Kama village has population of 277 of which 139 are males while 138 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakka Kama village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 16.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakka Kama village is 993 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakka Kama as per census is 1045, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakka Kama village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakka Kama village was 75.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakka Kama Male literacy stands at 82.05 % while female literacy rate was 67.83 %.

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

Wakka Kama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 51 - -
Population 277 139 138
Child (0-6) 45 22 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 273 137 136
Literacy 75.00 % 82.05 % 67.83 %
Total Workers 104 63 41
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 7 0 7

Caste Factor

In Wakka Kama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.56 % of total population in Wakka Kama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wakka Kama village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wakka Kama village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 93.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.