Garagre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Garagre is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 96 families residing. The Garagre village has population of 525 of which 241 are males while 284 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garagre village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 22.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garagre village is 1178 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Garagre as per census is 918, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Garagre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Garagre village was 66.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Garagre Male literacy stands at 72.78 % while female literacy rate was 61.40 %.

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

Garagre Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	96	-	-
Population	525	241	284
Child (0-6)	117	61	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	518	237	281
Literacy	66.42 %	72.78 %	61.40 %
Total Workers	226	105	121
Main Worker	203	-	-
Marginal Worker	23	7	16

Caste Factor

In Garagre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.67 % of total population in Garagre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garagre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Garagre village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 89.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.