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Jongmegre Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongmegre is a small village located in Samanda Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Jongmegre village has population of 169 of which 77 are males while 92 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongmegre village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 18.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongmegre village is 1195 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongmegre as per census is 1133, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongmegre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongmegre village was 67.15 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongmegre Male literacy stands at 72.58 % while female literacy rate was 62.67 %.

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

Jongmegre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 169 77 92
Child (0-6) 32 15 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 168 77 91
Literacy 67.15 % 72.58 % 62.67 %
Total Workers 71 40 31
Main Worker 61 - -
Marginal Worker 10 0 10

Caste Factor

In Jongmegre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.41 % of total population in Jongmegre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongmegre village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongmegre village out of total population, 71 were engaged in work activities. 85.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.