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Rateka Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rateka is a small village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Rateka village has population of 182 of which 91 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rateka village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rateka village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rateka as per census is 1071, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rateka village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rateka village was 89.54 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rateka Male literacy stands at 88.31 % while female literacy rate was 90.79 %.

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

Rateka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 182 91 91
Child (0-6) 29 14 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 182 91 91
Literacy 89.54 % 88.31 % 90.79 %
Total Workers 86 43 43
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 56 22 34

Caste Factor

In Rateka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Rateka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rateka village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rateka village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 34.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.