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Upper Chigijanggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Chigijanggre is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 151 families residing. The Upper Chigijanggre village has population of 790 of which 400 are males while 390 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Chigijanggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 21.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Chigijanggre village is 975 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Chigijanggre as per census is 955, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Chigijanggre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Chigijanggre village was 46.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Chigijanggre Male literacy stands at 54.17 % while female literacy rate was 39.22 %.

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

Upper Chigijanggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 151 - -
Population 790 400 390
Child (0-6) 172 88 84
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 779 396 383
Literacy 46.76 % 54.17 % 39.22 %
Total Workers 357 177 180
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 69 19 50

Caste Factor

In Upper Chigijanggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.61 % of total population in Upper Chigijanggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Chigijanggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Chigijanggre village out of total population, 357 were engaged in work activities. 80.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 357 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.