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Watregiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Watregiri is a small village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Watregiri village has population of 177 of which 84 are males while 93 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Watregiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 24.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Watregiri village is 1107 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Watregiri as per census is 955, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Watregiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Watregiri village was 34.33 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Watregiri Male literacy stands at 37.10 % while female literacy rate was 31.94 %.

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

Watregiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 177 84 93
Child (0-6) 43 22 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 176 84 92
Literacy 34.33 % 37.10 % 31.94 %
Total Workers 41 28 13
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 7 0 7

Caste Factor

In Watregiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.44 % of total population in Watregiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Watregiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Watregiri village out of total population, 41 were engaged in work activities. 82.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 41 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.