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Wakagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wakagre is a small village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 33 families residing. The Wakagre village has population of 169 of which 82 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wakagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 15.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wakagre village is 1061 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wakagre as per census is 1000, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wakagre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wakagre village was 73.43 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wakagre Male literacy stands at 81.16 % while female literacy rate was 66.22 %.

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

Wakagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 33 - -
Population 169 82 87
Child (0-6) 26 13 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 152 73 79
Literacy 73.43 % 81.16 % 66.22 %
Total Workers 63 36 27
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 25 4 21

Caste Factor

In Wakagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.94 % of total population in Wakagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wakagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wakagre village out of total population, 63 were engaged in work activities. 60.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 63 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.