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Sonamite Ajrigre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Sonamite Ajrigre is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 45 families residing. The Sonamite Ajrigre village has population of 243 of which 113 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sonamite Ajrigre village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 23.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sonamite Ajrigre village is 1150 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sonamite Ajrigre as per census is 1231, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sonamite Ajrigre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sonamite Ajrigre village was 73.51 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sonamite Ajrigre Male literacy stands at 80.46 % while female literacy rate was 67.35 %.

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

Sonamite Ajrigre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 243 113 130
Child (0-6) 58 26 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 239 112 127
Literacy 73.51 % 80.46 % 67.35 %
Total Workers 97 52 45
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 33 16 17

Caste Factor

In Sonamite Ajrigre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.35 % of total population in Sonamite Ajrigre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sonamite Ajrigre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Sonamite Ajrigre village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 65.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.