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Gandhigre Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gandhigre is a small village located in Rongara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 25 families residing. The Gandhigre village has population of 145 of which 78 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 13.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhigre village is 859 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhigre as per census is 818, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gandhigre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhigre village was 87.20 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gandhigre Male literacy stands at 91.04 % while female literacy rate was 82.76 %.

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

Gandhigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 25 - -
Population 145 78 67
Child (0-6) 20 11 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 139 74 65
Literacy 87.20 % 91.04 % 82.76 %
Total Workers 67 31 36
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 25 0 25

Caste Factor

In Gandhigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.86 % of total population in Gandhigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gandhigre village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gandhigre village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 62.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.