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Pokasindigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Pokasindigre is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 43 families residing. The Pokasindigre village has population of 233 of which 118 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokasindigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 17.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokasindigre village is 975 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokasindigre as per census is 1278, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Pokasindigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokasindigre village was 59.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Pokasindigre Male literacy stands at 69.00 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Pokasindigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 43 - -
Population 233 118 115
Child (0-6) 41 18 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 212 98 114
Literacy 59.90 % 69.00 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 64 61 3
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 6 5 1

Caste Factor

In Pokasindigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.99 % of total population in Pokasindigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pokasindigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Pokasindigre village out of total population, 64 were engaged in work activities. 90.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.