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Galmara Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Galmara is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 99 families residing. The Galmara village has population of 467 of which 238 are males while 229 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galmara village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 19.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galmara village is 962 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Galmara as per census is 857, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Galmara village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Galmara village was 73.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Galmara Male literacy stands at 75.66 % while female literacy rate was 71.12 %.

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

Galmara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 467 238 229
Child (0-6) 91 49 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 297 146 151
Literacy 73.40 % 75.66 % 71.12 %
Total Workers 180 93 87
Main Worker 22 - -
Marginal Worker 158 74 84

Caste Factor

In Galmara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.60 % of total population in Galmara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Galmara village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Galmara village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 12.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.