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Makagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Makagre is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 29 families residing. The Makagre village has population of 174 of which 77 are males while 97 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Makagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 21.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Makagre village is 1260 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Makagre as per census is 1313, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Makagre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Makagre village was 60.58 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Makagre Male literacy stands at 65.57 % while female literacy rate was 56.58 %.

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

Makagre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 174 77 97
Child (0-6) 37 16 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 173 76 97
Literacy 60.58 % 65.57 % 56.58 %
Total Workers 55 32 23
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 16 8 8

Caste Factor

In Makagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.43 % of total population in Makagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Makagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Makagre village out of total population, 55 were engaged in work activities. 70.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 55 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.