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Wageasi Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wageasi is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 203 families residing. The Wageasi village has population of 1099 of which 545 are males while 554 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wageasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 21.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wageasi village is 1017 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wageasi as per census is 1088, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wageasi village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wageasi village was 77.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wageasi Male literacy stands at 78.01 % while female literacy rate was 76.57 %.

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

Wageasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 203 - -
Population 1,099 545 554
Child (0-6) 236 113 123
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,053 521 532
Literacy 77.29 % 78.01 % 76.57 %
Total Workers 326 212 114
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 63 27 36

Caste Factor

In Wageasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.81 % of total population in Wageasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wageasi village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wageasi village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 80.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.