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Cheran Songgitcham Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Cheran Songgitcham is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 66 families residing. The Cheran Songgitcham village has population of 335 of which 172 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cheran Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 28.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cheran Songgitcham village is 948 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Cheran Songgitcham as per census is 1021, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Cheran Songgitcham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Cheran Songgitcham village was 38.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Cheran Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 50.81 % while female literacy rate was 24.56 %.

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

Cheran Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 335 172 163
Child (0-6) 97 48 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 333 170 163
Literacy 38.24 % 50.81 % 24.56 %
Total Workers 154 75 79
Main Worker 153 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Cheran Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.40 % of total population in Cheran Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cheran Songgitcham village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Cheran Songgitcham village out of total population, 154 were engaged in work activities. 99.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 154 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.