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Gandhimari Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gandhimari is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 134 families residing. The Gandhimari village has population of 800 of which 428 are males while 372 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhimari village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 24.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhimari village is 869 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhimari as per census is 804, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gandhimari village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhimari village was 50.41 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gandhimari Male literacy stands at 52.96 % while female literacy rate was 47.55 %.

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

Gandhimari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 800 428 372
Child (0-6) 193 107 86
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.41 % 52.96 % 47.55 %
Total Workers 182 176 6
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 11 10 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gandhimari village of West Garo Hills district.

Work Profile

In Gandhimari village out of total population, 182 were engaged in work activities. 93.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 182 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.