Jolgaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jolgaon is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 33 families residing. The Jolgaon village has population of 201 of which 107 are males while 94 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jolgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 19.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jolgaon village is 879 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jolgaon as per census is 773, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jolgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jolgaon village was 61.73 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jolgaon Male literacy stands at 61.18 % while female literacy rate was 62.34 %.

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

Jolgaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	33	-	-
Population	201	107	94
Child (0-6)	39	22	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	200	106	94
Literacy	61.73 %	61.18 %	62.34 %
Total Workers	55	37	18
Main Worker	37	-	-
Marginal Worker	18	4	14

Caste Factor

In Jolgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.50 % of total population in Jolgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jolgaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jolgaon village out of total population, 55 were engaged in work activities. 67.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 55 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.