Overview
Baghmara is a Municipal Board city in district of South Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The Baghmara city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Baghmara Municipal Board has population of 13,131 of which 6,700 are males while 6,431 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2231 which is 16.99 % of total population of Baghmara (MB). In Baghmara Municipal Board, Female Sex Ratio is of 960 against state average of 989. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Baghmara is around 1010 compared to Meghalaya state average of 970. Literacy rate of Baghmara city is 89.79 % higher than state average of 74.43 %. In Baghmara, Male literacy is around 91.65 % while female literacy rate is 87.83 %.
Baghmara Municipal Board has total administration over 2,351 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Board limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Baghmara Caste Factor
In Baghmara (MB), most of the (MB) population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.06 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.97 % of total population in Baghmara (MB).
Baghmara Work Profile
Out of total population, 3,780 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 2,817 were males while 963 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 3780 working population, 90.05 % were engaged in Main Work while 9.95 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Baghmara 2021 Population
The next census for Baghmara Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2021 are estimates only.