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Goalgaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Goalgaon is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 54 families residing. The Goalgaon village has population of 223 of which 112 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Goalgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 11.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Goalgaon village is 991 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Goalgaon as per census is 1167, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Goalgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Goalgaon village was 70.56 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Goalgaon Male literacy stands at 74.00 % while female literacy rate was 67.01 %.

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

Goalgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 223 112 111
Child (0-6) 26 12 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 223 112 111
Literacy 70.56 % 74.00 % 67.01 %
Total Workers 111 62 49
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 80 34 46

Caste Factor

In Goalgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Goalgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Goalgaon village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Goalgaon village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 27.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.