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Melagiri Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Melagiri is a small village located in Selsella Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 37 families residing. The Melagiri village has population of 195 of which 94 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melagiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 16.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melagiri village is 1074 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Melagiri as per census is 833, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Melagiri village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Melagiri village was 54.32 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Melagiri Male literacy stands at 53.95 % while female literacy rate was 54.65 %.

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

Melagiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 195 94 101
Child (0-6) 33 18 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 192 94 98
Literacy 54.32 % 53.95 % 54.65 %
Total Workers 89 41 48
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 10 3 7

Caste Factor

In Melagiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.46 % of total population in Melagiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melagiri village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Melagiri village out of total population, 89 were engaged in work activities. 88.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 89 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.