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Jewilgre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Jewilgre is a medium size village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 53 families residing. The Jewilgre village has population of 313 of which 172 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jewilgre village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 15.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jewilgre village is 820 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Jewilgre as per census is 567, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Jewilgre village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Jewilgre village was 82.71 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Jewilgre Male literacy stands at 90.14 % while female literacy rate was 74.19 %.

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

Jewilgre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 53 - -
Population 313 172 141
Child (0-6) 47 30 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 298 161 137
Literacy 82.71 % 90.14 % 74.19 %
Total Workers 87 58 29
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 33 23 10

Caste Factor

In Jewilgre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.21 % of total population in Jewilgre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jewilgre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Jewilgre village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 62.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.