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Balkal Asim Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balkal Asim is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 46 families residing. The Balkal Asim village has population of 306 of which 166 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balkal Asim village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 14.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balkal Asim village is 843 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balkal Asim as per census is 800, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balkal Asim village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balkal Asim village was 92.72 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balkal Asim Male literacy stands at 97.16 % while female literacy rate was 87.50 %.

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

Balkal Asim Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 306 166 140
Child (0-6) 45 25 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 297 161 136
Literacy 92.72 % 97.16 % 87.50 %
Total Workers 185 98 87
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 99 47 52

Caste Factor

In Balkal Asim village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.06 % of total population in Balkal Asim village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balkal Asim village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balkal Asim village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 46.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.