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Amagaon Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Amagaon is a medium size village located in Mawshynrut Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 80 families residing. The Amagaon village has population of 474 of which 249 are males while 225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amagaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 16.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amagaon village is 904 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amagaon as per census is 902, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amagaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amagaon village was 90.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amagaon Male literacy stands at 90.87 % while female literacy rate was 90.43 %.

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

Amagaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 474 249 225
Child (0-6) 78 41 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 473 249 224
Literacy 90.66 % 90.87 % 90.43 %
Total Workers 170 119 51
Main Worker 111 - -
Marginal Worker 59 19 40

Caste Factor

In Amagaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Amagaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amagaon village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Amagaon village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 65.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.