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Sakmal Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Sakmal is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 205 families residing. The Sakmal village has population of 1116 of which 575 are males while 541 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakmal village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 19.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakmal village is 941 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakmal as per census is 1114, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Sakmal village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakmal village was 51.90 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Sakmal Male literacy stands at 59.79 % while female literacy rate was 43.16 %.

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

Sakmal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,116 575 541
Child (0-6) 222 105 117
Schedule Caste 77 38 39
Schedule Tribe 4 1 3
Literacy 51.90 % 59.79 % 43.16 %
Total Workers 312 268 44
Main Worker 303 - -
Marginal Worker 9 8 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.36 % of total population in Sakmal village.

Work Profile

In Sakmal village out of total population, 312 were engaged in work activities. 97.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 312 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.