Alokdia Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Alokdia is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 122 families residing. The Alokdia village has population of 653 of which 317 are males while 336 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alokdia village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 17.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alokdia village is 1060 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Alokdia as per census is 931, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Alokdia village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Alokdia village was 83.36 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Alokdia Male literacy stands at 88.03 % while female literacy rate was 79.08 %.

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

Alokdia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	122	-	-
Population	653	317	336
Child (0-6)	112	58	54
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	646	314	332
Literacy	83.36 %	88.03 %	79.08 %
Total Workers	292	139	153
Main Worker	123	-	-
Marginal Worker	169	30	139

Caste Factor

In Alokdia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.93 % of total population in Alokdia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Alokdia village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Alokdia village out of total population, 292 were engaged in work activities. 42.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.