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Nilwasagiri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Nilwasagiri is a small village located in Gasuapara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 18 families residing. The Nilwasagiri village has population of 104 of which 57 are males while 47 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilwasagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 23.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilwasagiri village is 825 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilwasagiri as per census is 846, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Nilwasagiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilwasagiri village was 50.00 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Nilwasagiri Male literacy stands at 61.36 % while female literacy rate was 36.11 %.

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

Nilwasagiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 18 - -
Population 104 57 47
Child (0-6) 24 13 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 102 56 46
Literacy 50.00 % 61.36 % 36.11 %
Total Workers 41 21 20
Main Worker 4 - -
Marginal Worker 37 18 19

Caste Factor

In Nilwasagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.08 % of total population in Nilwasagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nilwasagiri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Nilwasagiri village out of total population, 41 were engaged in work activities. 9.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 41 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.