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Burirjhar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Burirjhar is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 232 families residing. The Burirjhar village has population of 1256 of which 641 are males while 615 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burirjhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 21.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burirjhar village is 959 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Burirjhar as per census is 1093, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Burirjhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Burirjhar village was 39.76 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Burirjhar Male literacy stands at 42.77 % while female literacy rate was 36.50 %.

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

Burirjhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 1,256 641 615
Child (0-6) 270 129 141
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 39.76 % 42.77 % 36.50 %
Total Workers 333 303 30
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 17 15 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.08 % of total population in Burirjhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Burirjhar village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Burirjhar village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 94.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 242 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.