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Silschigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Silschigre is a small village located in Rongram Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Silschigre village has population of 125 of which 69 are males while 56 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silschigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 18.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silschigre village is 812 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Silschigre as per census is 643, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Silschigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Silschigre village was 72.55 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Silschigre Male literacy stands at 74.55 % while female literacy rate was 70.21 %.

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

Silschigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 125 69 56
Child (0-6) 23 14 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 121 67 54
Literacy 72.55 % 74.55 % 70.21 %
Total Workers 64 33 31
Main Worker 60 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

In Silschigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.80 % of total population in Silschigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Silschigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Silschigre village out of total population, 64 were engaged in work activities. 93.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.