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Lower Shyamnagar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Lower Shyamnagar is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Lower Shyamnagar village has population of 162 of which 82 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lower Shyamnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 9.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lower Shyamnagar village is 976 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lower Shyamnagar as per census is 1143, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lower Shyamnagar village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lower Shyamnagar village was 87.07 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lower Shyamnagar Male literacy stands at 93.33 % while female literacy rate was 80.56 %.

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

Lower Shyamnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 162 82 80
Child (0-6) 15 7 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 161 81 80
Literacy 87.07 % 93.33 % 80.56 %
Total Workers 81 46 35
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 60 30 30

Caste Factor

In Lower Shyamnagar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.38 % of total population in Lower Shyamnagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lower Shyamnagar village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Lower Shyamnagar village out of total population, 81 were engaged in work activities. 25.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 81 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.