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Kandargaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kandargaon is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 188 families residing. The Kandargaon village has population of 953 of which 462 are males while 491 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 24.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandargaon village is 1063 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandargaon as per census is 1045, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kandargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandargaon village was 31.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kandargaon Male literacy stands at 36.29 % while female literacy rate was 26.20 %.

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

Kandargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 953 462 491
Child (0-6) 229 112 117
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 31.08 % 36.29 % 26.20 %
Total Workers 286 219 67
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 64 31 33

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kandargaon village of West Garo Hills district.

Work Profile

In Kandargaon village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 77.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.