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Kharigaon Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kharigaon is a medium size village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 120 families residing. The Kharigaon village has population of 551 of which 264 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 13.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharigaon village is 1087 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharigaon as per census is 1265, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kharigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharigaon village was 50.42 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kharigaon Male literacy stands at 53.91 % while female literacy rate was 47.13 %.

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

Kharigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 551 264 287
Child (0-6) 77 34 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 551 264 287
Literacy 50.42 % 53.91 % 47.13 %
Total Workers 278 151 127
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 18 4 14

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kharigaon village out of total population, 278 were engaged in work activities. 93.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 278 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.