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Bollonggiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bollonggiri is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 71 families residing. The Bollonggiri village has population of 288 of which 142 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bollonggiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 23.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bollonggiri village is 1028 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bollonggiri as per census is 683, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bollonggiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bollonggiri village was 57.08 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bollonggiri Male literacy stands at 70.30 % while female literacy rate was 45.76 %.

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

Bollonggiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 288 142 146
Child (0-6) 69 41 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 271 134 137
Literacy 57.08 % 70.30 % 45.76 %
Total Workers 155 81 74
Main Worker 81 - -
Marginal Worker 74 18 56

Caste Factor

In Bollonggiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.10 % of total population in Bollonggiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bollonggiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Bollonggiri village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 52.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.