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Wajagittim Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wajagittim is a medium size village located in Dambo Rongjeng Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 59 families residing. The Wajagittim village has population of 398 of which 206 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wajagittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 13.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wajagittim village is 932 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wajagittim as per census is 625, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wajagittim village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wajagittim village was 87.86 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wajagittim Male literacy stands at 94.25 % while female literacy rate was 81.40 %.

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

Wajagittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 398 206 192
Child (0-6) 52 32 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 389 201 188
Literacy 87.86 % 94.25 % 81.40 %
Total Workers 140 73 67
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 102 40 62

Caste Factor

In Wajagittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.74 % of total population in Wajagittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wajagittim village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wajagittim village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 27.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.