Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Nilwagre Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nilwagre is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 69 families residing. The Nilwagre village has population of 457 of which 252 are males while 205 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilwagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 20.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilwagre village is 813 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilwagre as per census is 979, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nilwagre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilwagre village was 83.24 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nilwagre Male literacy stands at 88.29 % while female literacy rate was 76.73 %.

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

Nilwagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 457 252 205
Child (0-6) 93 47 46
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 402 201 201
Literacy 83.24 % 88.29 % 76.73 %
Total Workers 154 128 26
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 15 7 8

Caste Factor

In Nilwagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.96 % of total population in Nilwagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nilwagre village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nilwagre village out of total population, 154 were engaged in work activities. 90.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 154 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.