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Harigaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Harigaon is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 83 families residing. The Harigaon village has population of 369 of which 169 are males while 200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harigaon village is 1183 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Harigaon as per census is 2286, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Harigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Harigaon village was 69.66 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Harigaon Male literacy stands at 81.94 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

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

Harigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 369 169 200
Child (0-6) 46 14 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 368 169 199
Literacy 69.66 % 81.94 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 171 108 63
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 108 62 46

Caste Factor

In Harigaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.73 % of total population in Harigaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Harigaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Harigaon village out of total population, 171 were engaged in work activities. 36.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 171 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.