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Wadagiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wadagiri is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Wadagiri village has population of 262 of which 139 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wadagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 24.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wadagiri village is 885 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wadagiri as per census is 600, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wadagiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wadagiri village was 84.34 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wadagiri Male literacy stands at 85.86 % while female literacy rate was 82.83 %.

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

Wadagiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 262 139 123
Child (0-6) 64 40 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 260 138 122
Literacy 84.34 % 85.86 % 82.83 %
Total Workers 98 47 51
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 59 14 45

Caste Factor

In Wadagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.24 % of total population in Wadagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wadagiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wadagiri village out of total population, 98 were engaged in work activities. 39.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.