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Rongkugiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Rongkugiri is a medium size village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 38 families residing. The Rongkugiri village has population of 258 of which 130 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rongkugiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 20.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rongkugiri village is 985 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Rongkugiri as per census is 926, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Rongkugiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Rongkugiri village was 84.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Rongkugiri Male literacy stands at 85.44 % while female literacy rate was 84.47 %.

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

Rongkugiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 38 - -
Population 258 130 128
Child (0-6) 52 27 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 247 126 121
Literacy 84.95 % 85.44 % 84.47 %
Total Workers 148 73 75
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 106 35 71

Caste Factor

In Rongkugiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.74 % of total population in Rongkugiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rongkugiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Rongkugiri village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 28.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.