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Jongkolgiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jongkolgiri is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Jongkolgiri village has population of 124 of which 60 are males while 64 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jongkolgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 26.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jongkolgiri village is 1067 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jongkolgiri as per census is 1538, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jongkolgiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jongkolgiri village was 72.53 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jongkolgiri Male literacy stands at 82.98 % while female literacy rate was 61.36 %.

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

Jongkolgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 124 60 64
Child (0-6) 33 13 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 122 60 62
Literacy 72.53 % 82.98 % 61.36 %
Total Workers 65 35 30
Main Worker 0 - -
Marginal Worker 65 35 30

Caste Factor

In Jongkolgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.39 % of total population in Jongkolgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jongkolgiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jongkolgiri village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 0.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 100.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.