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Galwanggre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Galwanggre is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 44 families residing. The Galwanggre village has population of 227 of which 112 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galwanggre village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 17.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galwanggre village is 1027 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Galwanggre as per census is 1053, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Galwanggre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Galwanggre village was 31.38 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Galwanggre Male literacy stands at 39.78 % while female literacy rate was 23.16 %.

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

Galwanggre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 227 112 115
Child (0-6) 39 19 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 227 112 115
Literacy 31.38 % 39.78 % 23.16 %
Total Workers 49 42 7
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 10 7 3

Caste Factor

In Galwanggre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Galwanggre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Galwanggre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Galwanggre village out of total population, 49 were engaged in work activities. 79.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 49 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.