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Banajuri Population - South Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Banajuri is a medium size village located in Baghmara Block of South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 52 families residing. The Banajuri village has population of 288 of which 128 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banajuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 18.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banajuri village is 1250 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Banajuri as per census is 1160, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Banajuri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Banajuri village was 73.93 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Banajuri Male literacy stands at 79.61 % while female literacy rate was 69.47 %.

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

Banajuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 288 128 160
Child (0-6) 54 25 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 287 128 159
Literacy 73.93 % 79.61 % 69.47 %
Total Workers 154 72 82
Main Worker 27 - -
Marginal Worker 127 55 72

Caste Factor

In Banajuri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.65 % of total population in Banajuri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Banajuri village of South Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Banajuri village out of total population, 154 were engaged in work activities. 17.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 154 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.