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Bilkona Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bilkona is a medium size village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 144 families residing. The Bilkona village has population of 886 of which 463 are males while 423 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bilkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 20.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bilkona village is 914 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bilkona as per census is 792, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bilkona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bilkona village was 67.09 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bilkona Male literacy stands at 69.06 % while female literacy rate was 65.01 %.

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

Bilkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 886 463 423
Child (0-6) 181 101 80
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 816 424 392
Literacy 67.09 % 69.06 % 65.01 %
Total Workers 299 169 130
Main Worker 183 - -
Marginal Worker 116 11 105

Caste Factor

In Bilkona village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.10 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.11 % of total population in Bilkona village.

Work Profile

In Bilkona village out of total population, 299 were engaged in work activities. 61.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 299 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.