Chandigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Chandigre is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 95 families residing. The Chandigre village has population of 495 of which 250 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 14.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandigre village is 980 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandigre as per census is 1313, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Chandigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandigre village was 70.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Chandigre Male literacy stands at 71.56 % while female literacy rate was 68.47 %.

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

Chandigre Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	95	-	-
Population	495	250	245
Child (0-6)	74	32	42
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	473	232	241
Literacy	70.07 %	71.56 %	68.47 %
Total Workers	358	181	177
Main Worker	230	-	-
Marginal Worker	128	69	59

Caste Factor

In Chandigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.56 % of total population in Chandigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chandigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Chandigre village out of total population, 358 were engaged in work activities. 64.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 358 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.