Geru Apal Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Geru Apal is a small village located in Songsak Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 31 families residing. The Geru Apal village has population of 181 of which 90 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Geru Apal village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 23.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Geru Apal village is 1011 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Geru Apal as per census is 680, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Geru Apal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Geru Apal village was 48.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Geru Apal Male literacy stands at 55.38 % while female literacy rate was 43.24 %.

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

Geru Apal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	31	-	-
Population	181	90	91
Child (0-6)	42	25	17
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	168	83	85
Literacy	48.92 %	55.38 %	43.24 %
Total Workers	84	42	42
Main Worker	48	-	-
Marginal Worker	36	2	34

Caste Factor

In Geru Apal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.82 % of total population in Geru Apal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Geru Apal village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Geru Apal village out of total population, 84 were engaged in work activities. 57.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 84 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.