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Palwalgiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Palwalgiri is a small village located in Chokpot Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 18 families residing. The Palwalgiri village has population of 103 of which 53 are males while 50 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palwalgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 14 which makes up 13.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palwalgiri village is 943 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Palwalgiri as per census is 1333, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Palwalgiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Palwalgiri village was 76.40 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Palwalgiri Male literacy stands at 76.60 % while female literacy rate was 76.19 %.

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

Palwalgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 18 - -
Population 103 53 50
Child (0-6) 14 6 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 99 51 48
Literacy 76.40 % 76.60 % 76.19 %
Total Workers 38 18 20
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Palwalgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.12 % of total population in Palwalgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palwalgiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Palwalgiri village out of total population, 38 were engaged in work activities. 92.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 38 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.