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Wanokgiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Wanokgiri is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 22 families residing. The Wanokgiri village has population of 107 of which 59 are males while 48 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wanokgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 15.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wanokgiri village is 814 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Wanokgiri as per census is 700, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Wanokgiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Wanokgiri village was 44.44 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Wanokgiri Male literacy stands at 53.06 % while female literacy rate was 34.15 %.

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

Wanokgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 107 59 48
Child (0-6) 17 10 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 97 55 42
Literacy 44.44 % 53.06 % 34.15 %
Total Workers 77 42 35
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 41 22 19

Caste Factor

In Wanokgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.65 % of total population in Wanokgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Wanokgiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Wanokgiri village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 46.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.