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Maraka Chiring Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Maraka Chiring is a small village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Maraka Chiring village has population of 153 of which 76 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maraka Chiring village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maraka Chiring village is 1013 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Maraka Chiring as per census is 545, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Maraka Chiring village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Maraka Chiring village was 74.26 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Maraka Chiring Male literacy stands at 81.54 % while female literacy rate was 67.61 %.

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

Maraka Chiring Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 153 76 77
Child (0-6) 17 11 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 151 74 77
Literacy 74.26 % 81.54 % 67.61 %
Total Workers 55 40 15
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Maraka Chiring village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.69 % of total population in Maraka Chiring village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maraka Chiring village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Maraka Chiring village out of total population, 55 were engaged in work activities. 98.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 55 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.