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Bowabari Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Bowabari is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 137 families residing. The Bowabari village has population of 721 of which 362 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bowabari village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 25.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bowabari village is 992 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Bowabari as per census is 898, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Bowabari village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Bowabari village was 57.94 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Bowabari Male literacy stands at 63.64 % while female literacy rate was 52.40 %.

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

Bowabari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 137 - -
Population 721 362 359
Child (0-6) 186 98 88
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.94 % 63.64 % 52.40 %
Total Workers 210 172 38
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 55 29 26

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Bowabari village out of total population, 210 were engaged in work activities. 73.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 210 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.