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Matalagiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Matalagiri is a medium size village located in Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 66 families residing. The Matalagiri village has population of 353 of which 174 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matalagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 19.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matalagiri village is 1029 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Matalagiri as per census is 1464, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Matalagiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Matalagiri village was 47.18 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Matalagiri Male literacy stands at 51.37 % while female literacy rate was 42.75 %.

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

Matalagiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 353 174 179
Child (0-6) 69 28 41
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 340 166 174
Literacy 47.18 % 51.37 % 42.75 %
Total Workers 179 95 84
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 169 90 79

Caste Factor

In Matalagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.32 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.57 % of total population in Matalagiri village.

Work Profile

In Matalagiri village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 5.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.