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Gopalthan Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gopalthan is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 47 families residing. The Gopalthan village has population of 218 of which 113 are males while 105 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gopalthan village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 13.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gopalthan village is 929 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gopalthan as per census is 875, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gopalthan village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gopalthan village was 64.89 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gopalthan Male literacy stands at 76.29 % while female literacy rate was 52.75 %.

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

Gopalthan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 218 113 105
Child (0-6) 30 16 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 218 113 105
Literacy 64.89 % 76.29 % 52.75 %
Total Workers 118 59 59
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 35 8 27

Caste Factor

In Gopalthan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Gopalthan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gopalthan village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gopalthan village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 70.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.