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Silkona Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Silkona is a small village located in Zikzak Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 30 families residing. The Silkona village has population of 151 of which 71 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Silkona village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 17.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Silkona village is 1127 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Silkona as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Silkona village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Silkona village was 70.97 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Silkona Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 70.59 %.

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

Silkona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 151 71 80
Child (0-6) 27 15 12
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.97 % 71.43 % 70.59 %
Total Workers 41 36 5
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Silkona village of West Garo Hills district.

Work Profile

In Silkona village out of total population, 41 were engaged in work activities. 97.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 41 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.