Mekdual Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Mekdual is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Mekdual village has population of 205 of which 116 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mekdual village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 27.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mekdual village is 767 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Mekdual as per census is 462, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Mekdual village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Mekdual village was 69.59 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Mekdual Male literacy stands at 76.62 % while female literacy rate was 61.97 %.

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

Mekdual Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	205	116	89
Child (0-6)	57	39	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	203	114	89
Literacy	69.59 %	76.62 %	61.97 %
Total Workers	82	42	40
Main Worker	28	-	-
Marginal Worker	54	16	38

Caste Factor

In Mekdual village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.02 % of total population in Mekdual village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mekdual village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Mekdual village out of total population, 82 were engaged in work activities. 34.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 82 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.