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Chepagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chepagre is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 84 families residing. The Chepagre village has population of 427 of which 224 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chepagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 20.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chepagre village is 906 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chepagre as per census is 618, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chepagre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chepagre village was 67.75 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chepagre Male literacy stands at 72.78 % while female literacy rate was 62.72 %.

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

Chepagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 427 224 203
Child (0-6) 89 55 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 423 222 201
Literacy 67.75 % 72.78 % 62.72 %
Total Workers 189 97 92
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

In Chepagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.06 % of total population in Chepagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chepagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chepagre village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 96.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.