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Upper Baljek Aduma Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Upper Baljek Aduma is a medium size village located in Dadenggiri Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 68 families residing. The Upper Baljek Aduma village has population of 360 of which 176 are males while 184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Upper Baljek Aduma village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 19.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Upper Baljek Aduma village is 1045 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Upper Baljek Aduma as per census is 816, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Upper Baljek Aduma village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Upper Baljek Aduma village was 54.30 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Upper Baljek Aduma Male literacy stands at 65.22 % while female literacy rate was 44.44 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Upper Baljek Aduma 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 Upper Baljek Aduma village.

Upper Baljek Aduma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 360 176 184
Child (0-6) 69 38 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 357 175 182
Literacy 54.30 % 65.22 % 44.44 %
Total Workers 176 82 94
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 13 4 9

Caste Factor

In Upper Baljek Aduma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Upper Baljek Aduma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Upper Baljek Aduma village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Upper Baljek Aduma village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 92.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.