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Purasingga Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Purasingga is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Purasingga village has population of 221 of which 108 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purasingga village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 14.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purasingga village is 1046 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Purasingga as per census is 941, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Purasingga village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Purasingga village was 90.96 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Purasingga Male literacy stands at 92.31 % while female literacy rate was 89.69 %.

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

Purasingga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 221 108 113
Child (0-6) 33 17 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 221 108 113
Literacy 90.96 % 92.31 % 89.69 %
Total Workers 87 42 45
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Purasingga village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.