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Kharkutta Block Population, Caste, Religion Data - East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya

Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district has total population of 51,477 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 26,055 are males while 25,422 are females. In 2011 there were total 9,295 families residing in Kharkutta Block. The Average Sex Ratio of Kharkutta Block is 976.

As per Census 2011, all of the population of Kharkutta Block lives in urban areas. The average literacy rate in urban area is 77.5% and the sex ratio of Kharkutta Block is 976.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kharkutta Block is 9437 which is 18% of the total population. There are 4846 male children and 4591 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kharkutta Block is 947 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 976 ) of Kharkutta Block.

The total literacy rate of Kharkutta Block is 77.47%. The male literacy rate is 65.05% and the female literacy rate is 61.44% in Kharkutta Block.

Population
51,477
Families
9,295
Literacy
77.47%
Sex Ratio
976

To facilitate the administration, Kharkutta Block is further divided into 188 villages.

Kharkutta Block Data

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Kharkutta Block.

Total Male Female
Children (Age 0-6) 9,437 4,846 4,591
Literacy 77.47% 65.05% 61.44%
Scheduled Caste 7 7 0
Scheduled Tribe 50,394 25,491 24,903
Illiterate 18,907 9,105 9,802

Caste-wise Population - Kharkutta Block

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 97.9% of total population in Kharkutta Block of .

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 7 7 0
Schedule Tribe 50,394 25,491 24,903

Religion-wise Population - Kharkutta Block

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 807 (1.57%) 424 383
Muslim 166 (0.32%) 90 76
Christian 50,298 (97.71%) 25,435 24,863
Sikh 1 (0%) 1 0
Buddhist 178 (0.35%) 95 83
Jain 1 (0%) 1 0
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 26 (0.05%) 9 17

Literacy Rate - Kharkutta Block

Average literacy rate of Kharkutta Block in 2011 were 77.47% in which, male and female literacy were 79.92% and 74.98% respectively. Total literate in Kharkutta Block were 32,570 of which male and female were 16,950 and 15,620 respectively.

Sex Ratio - Kharkutta Block

The Sex Ratio of Kharkutta Block is 976 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 976 females in Kharkutta Block. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 947 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 976 ) of Kharkutta Block.

Child Population - Kharkutta Block

According to Census 2011, there were 9,437 children between age 0 to 6 years in Kharkutta Block. Out of which 9,437 were male while 9,437 were female.

Urban/Rural Population - Kharkutta Block

As per Census 2011, there are total 0 families under Kharkutta Block living in urban areas while 0 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 0% of total population of Kharkutta Block lives in Urban areas while 100% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 0 while that in rural region is 9,437.

Total Urban Rural
Population 51,477 0 51,477
Children (0 - 6 years) 9,437 0 9,437
Schedule Caste 7 0 7
Schedule Tribe 50,394 0 50,394
Literacy 77.47% - 77.47%
Sex Ratio 976 - 976

Working Population - Kharkutta Block

In Kharkutta Block out of total population, 21,074 were engaged in work activities. 44.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 21,074 workers engaged in Main Work, 5,644 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1,735 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 9,396 6,450 2,946
Cultivators 5,644 3,891 1,753
Agriculture Labourer 1,735 1,045 690
Household Industries 102 67 35
Other Workers 1,915 1,447 468
Marginal Workers 11,678 5,331 6,347
Non Working 30,403 14,274 16,129

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