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Bamon Wakchol Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bamon Wakchol is a small village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 26 families residing. The Bamon Wakchol village has population of 144 of which 68 are males while 76 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bamon Wakchol village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 26.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bamon Wakchol village is 1118 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bamon Wakchol as per census is 1235, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bamon Wakchol village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bamon Wakchol village was 83.02 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bamon Wakchol Male literacy stands at 90.20 % while female literacy rate was 76.36 %.

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

Bamon Wakchol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 144 68 76
Child (0-6) 38 17 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 133 60 73
Literacy 83.02 % 90.20 % 76.36 %
Total Workers 34 28 6
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Bamon Wakchol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.36 % of total population in Bamon Wakchol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bamon Wakchol village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bamon Wakchol village out of total population, 34 were engaged in work activities. 94.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 34 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.