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Tongbol Songgitcham Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Tongbol Songgitcham is a medium size village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 73 families residing. The Tongbol Songgitcham village has population of 349 of which 188 are males while 161 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tongbol Songgitcham village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 18.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tongbol Songgitcham village is 856 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Tongbol Songgitcham as per census is 711, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Tongbol Songgitcham village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Tongbol Songgitcham village was 60.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Tongbol Songgitcham Male literacy stands at 68.67 % while female literacy rate was 52.24 %.

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

Tongbol Songgitcham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 349 188 161
Child (0-6) 65 38 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 348 187 161
Literacy 60.92 % 68.67 % 52.24 %
Total Workers 83 69 14
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 4 1 3

Caste Factor

In Tongbol Songgitcham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.71 % of total population in Tongbol Songgitcham village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tongbol Songgitcham village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Tongbol Songgitcham village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 95.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.