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Simkalanggiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Simkalanggiri is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 24 families residing. The Simkalanggiri village has population of 157 of which 76 are males while 81 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Simkalanggiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 21.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Simkalanggiri village is 1066 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Simkalanggiri as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Simkalanggiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Simkalanggiri village was 91.13 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Simkalanggiri Male literacy stands at 94.92 % while female literacy rate was 87.69 %.

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

Simkalanggiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 24 - -
Population 157 76 81
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 156 76 80
Literacy 91.13 % 94.92 % 87.69 %
Total Workers 38 28 10
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 25 17 8

Caste Factor

In Simkalanggiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.36 % of total population in Simkalanggiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Simkalanggiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Simkalanggiri village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 34.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.