Balihati Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balihati is a medium size village located in Dalu Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 42 families residing. The Balihati village has population of 225 of which 116 are males while 109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balihati village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 16.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balihati village is 940 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balihati as per census is 850, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balihati village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balihati village was 66.49 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balihati Male literacy stands at 77.08 % while female literacy rate was 55.43 %.

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

Balihati Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	225	116	109
Child (0-6)	37	20	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	205	104	101
Literacy	66.49 %	77.08 %	55.43 %
Total Workers	61	44	17
Main Worker	59	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Balihati village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.11 % of total population in Balihati village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balihati village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balihati village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 96.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.