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Gohanimara Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Gohanimara is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 92 families residing. The Gohanimara village has population of 563 of which 276 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gohanimara village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 15.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gohanimara village is 1040 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gohanimara as per census is 935, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gohanimara village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gohanimara village was 79.11 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gohanimara Male literacy stands at 76.52 % while female literacy rate was 81.56 %.

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

Gohanimara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 563 276 287
Child (0-6) 89 46 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 562 275 287
Literacy 79.11 % 76.52 % 81.56 %
Total Workers 378 183 195
Main Worker 244 - -
Marginal Worker 134 64 70

Caste Factor

In Gohanimara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.82 % of total population in Gohanimara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gohanimara village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Gohanimara village out of total population, 378 were engaged in work activities. 64.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 378 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.