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Balachanda Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Balachanda is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 162 families residing. The Balachanda village has population of 933 of which 459 are males while 474 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balachanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 18.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balachanda village is 1033 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Balachanda as per census is 1086, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Balachanda village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Balachanda village was 83.64 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Balachanda Male literacy stands at 85.19 % while female literacy rate was 82.12 %.

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

Balachanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 162 - -
Population 933 459 474
Child (0-6) 169 81 88
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 922 455 467
Literacy 83.64 % 85.19 % 82.12 %
Total Workers 420 215 205
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 152 48 104

Caste Factor

In Balachanda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.82 % of total population in Balachanda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balachanda village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Balachanda village out of total population, 420 were engaged in work activities. 63.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 420 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.