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Gumaijhora Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gumaijhora is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 65 families residing. The Gumaijhora village has population of 281 of which 130 are males while 151 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gumaijhora village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 17.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gumaijhora village is 1162 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gumaijhora as per census is 1286, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gumaijhora village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gumaijhora village was 64.81 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gumaijhora Male literacy stands at 64.22 % while female literacy rate was 65.32 %.

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

Gumaijhora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 281 130 151
Child (0-6) 48 21 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 279 129 150
Literacy 64.81 % 64.22 % 65.32 %
Total Workers 196 97 99
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 128 34 94

Caste Factor

In Gumaijhora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.29 % of total population in Gumaijhora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gumaijhora village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gumaijhora village out of total population, 196 were engaged in work activities. 34.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 196 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.