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Halwa Atong Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Halwa Atong is a medium size village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 101 families residing. The Halwa Atong village has population of 581 of which 311 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Halwa Atong village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 20.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Halwa Atong village is 868 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Halwa Atong as per census is 889, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Halwa Atong village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Halwa Atong village was 75.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Halwa Atong Male literacy stands at 78.23 % while female literacy rate was 71.96 %.

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

Halwa Atong Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 581 311 270
Child (0-6) 119 63 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 557 289 268
Literacy 75.32 % 78.23 % 71.96 %
Total Workers 194 143 51
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 111 64 47

Caste Factor

In Halwa Atong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.87 % of total population in Halwa Atong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Halwa Atong village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Halwa Atong village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 42.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.