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Matmagitak Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matmagitak is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 40 families residing. The Matmagitak village has population of 233 of which 120 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matmagitak village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 25.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matmagitak village is 942 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matmagitak as per census is 967, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matmagitak village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matmagitak village was 78.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matmagitak Male literacy stands at 85.56 % while female literacy rate was 71.43 %.

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

Matmagitak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 233 120 113
Child (0-6) 59 30 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 223 116 107
Literacy 78.74 % 85.56 % 71.43 %
Total Workers 47 45 2
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 8 8 0

Caste Factor

In Matmagitak village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.71 % of total population in Matmagitak village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matmagitak village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Matmagitak village out of total population, 47 were engaged in work activities. 82.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 47 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.