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Gimegre Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gimegre is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 190 families residing. The Gimegre village has population of 1050 of which 497 are males while 553 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gimegre village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 21.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gimegre village is 1113 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gimegre as per census is 991, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gimegre village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gimegre village was 71.29 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gimegre Male literacy stands at 72.80 % while female literacy rate was 69.98 %.

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

Gimegre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 1,050 497 553
Child (0-6) 221 111 110
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,037 493 544
Literacy 71.29 % 72.80 % 69.98 %
Total Workers 553 265 288
Main Worker 391 - -
Marginal Worker 162 60 102

Caste Factor

In Gimegre village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.76 % of total population in Gimegre village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gimegre village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gimegre village out of total population, 553 were engaged in work activities. 70.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 553 workers engaged in Main Work, 274 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.