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Shialkandi Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Shialkandi is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 150 families residing. The Shialkandi village has population of 774 of which 407 are males while 367 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shialkandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 21.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shialkandi village is 902 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Shialkandi as per census is 707, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Shialkandi village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Shialkandi village was 50.74 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Shialkandi Male literacy stands at 53.90 % while female literacy rate was 47.47 %.

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

Shialkandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 774 407 367
Child (0-6) 169 99 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.74 % 53.90 % 47.47 %
Total Workers 208 180 28
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 30 24 6

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Shialkandi village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 85.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.