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Balsatgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balsatgre is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 76 families residing. The Balsatgre village has population of 390 of which 193 are males while 197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balsatgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 23.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balsatgre village is 1021 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balsatgre as per census is 1459, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balsatgre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balsatgre village was 50.50 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balsatgre Male literacy stands at 66.03 % while female literacy rate was 33.57 %.

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

Balsatgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 390 193 197
Child (0-6) 91 37 54
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 380 191 189
Literacy 50.50 % 66.03 % 33.57 %
Total Workers 222 119 103
Main Worker 219 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Balsatgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.44 % of total population in Balsatgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balsatgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balsatgre village out of total population, 222 were engaged in work activities. 98.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 222 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.