Patijora Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Patijora is a medium size village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 55 families residing. The Patijora village has population of 258 of which 129 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patijora village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 10.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patijora village is 1000 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Patijora as per census is 1167, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Patijora village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Patijora village was 69.83 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Patijora Male literacy stands at 82.91 % while female literacy rate was 56.52 %.

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

Patijora Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	258	129	129
Child (0-6)	26	12	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	257	129	128
Literacy	69.83 %	82.91 %	56.52 %
Total Workers	133	75	58
Main Worker	73	-	-
Marginal Worker	60	16	44

Caste Factor

In Patijora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Patijora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Patijora village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Patijora village out of total population, 133 were engaged in work activities. 54.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 133 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.