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Watregittim Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Watregittim is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 160 families residing. The Watregittim village has population of 913 of which 449 are males while 464 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Watregittim village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 22.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Watregittim village is 1033 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Watregittim as per census is 1020, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Watregittim village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Watregittim village was 61.78 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Watregittim Male literacy stands at 65.52 % while female literacy rate was 58.17 %.

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

Watregittim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 160 - -
Population 913 449 464
Child (0-6) 204 101 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 883 438 445
Literacy 61.78 % 65.52 % 58.17 %
Total Workers 310 184 126
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 300 174 126

Caste Factor

In Watregittim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.71 % of total population in Watregittim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Watregittim village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Watregittim village out of total population, 310 were engaged in work activities. 3.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 310 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.